'End' in the Bible

The waters kept receding steadily from the earth, so that they had gone down by the end of the 150 days.

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site."

At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile,

The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.

Joseph made all the people slaves from one end of Egypt's border to the other end of it.

At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt.

"You are also to observe the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you have gathered in your harvest out of the field.

Make one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end; from the atonement lid you are to make the cherubim on the two ends.

You are to make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and in the same way you are to make loops in the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.

You are to make fifty loops on the one curtain, and you are to make fifty loops on the end curtain which is on the second set, so that the loops are opposite one to another.

You are to make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joins the second set.

At the two corners they must be doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So it will be for both.

The middle bar in the center of the frames will reach from end to end.

"You must observe the Feast of Weeks -- the firstfruits of the harvest of wheat -- and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year.

He made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in the first set; he did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set.

He made fifty loops on the first curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end curtain that was in the second set, with the loops opposite one another.

He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joined the second set.

At the two corners they were doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So he did for both.

He made the middle bar to reach from end to end in the center of the frames.

one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end. He made the cherubim from the atonement lid on its two ends.

Then he must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove all the fatty tail up to the end of the spine, the fat covering the entrails, and all the fat on the entrails,

In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God.

The Lord said to Moses, "Bring Aaron's staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die."

Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs."

Then Balaam looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle: "Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be that he will perish."

Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it.

Now at the end of the forty days and nights the Lord presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

a land the Lord your God looks after. He is constantly attentive to it from the beginning to the end of the year.

the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other).

At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages.

At the end of every seven years you must declare a cancellation of debts.

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do.

The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.

He commanded them: "At the end of seven years, at the appointed time of the cancellation of debts, at the Feast of Temporary Shelters,

It included the valley of Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of King Sihon of Heshbon, the area east of the Jordan to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth.

It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north.

But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.)

So Ruth went and gathered grain in the fields behind the harvesters. Now she just happened to end up in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

So Ruth worked beside Boaz's female servants, gathering grain until the end of the barley harvest as well as the wheat harvest. After that she stayed home with her mother-in-law.

When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. Then Ruth crept up quietly, uncovered his legs, and lay down beside him.

But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, his eyes gleamed.

So Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." Jonathan told him, "I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!"

But Asahel refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect.

Then Abner called out to Joab, "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?"

When he would shave his head -- at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long and he would shave it -- he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds according to the king's weight.

There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.

This sin caused Jeroboam's dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth.

Then he said, "May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!"

Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end.

Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

Some men from Manasseh joined David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: "It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.")

When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.

Tomorrow march down against them as they come up the Ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the ravine in front of the Desert of Jeruel.

which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: 'The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.

After him Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, worked on another section from the door of Eliashib's house to the end of it.

At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus -- for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women --

When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she met with his approval. The king extended to Esther the gold scepter that was in his hand, and Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter.

In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him.

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.

Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

"How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.

Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.

But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.

For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

He brings an end to wars throughout the earth; he shatters the bow and breaks the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

You have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked his throne to the ground.

You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

But you remain; your years do not come to an end.

I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust.

Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

I am determined to obey your statutes at all times, to the very end.

He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them.

but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.

He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month."

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.

The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.

If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end.

God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.

A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!

There is no end to all the people nor to the past generations, yet future generations will not rejoice in him. This also is profitless and like chasing the wind.

The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride.

At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,