4 occurrences

'Expect' in the Bible

So Samson's bride cried on his shoulder and said, "You must hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men a riddle, but you have not told me the solution." He said to her, "Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?"

Verse ConceptsCryingPeople Mourning CatastropheThose Who Did Not TellHating Individuals

He took a pair of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said, "Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!" Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out as one army.

Verse ConceptsGesturesHeraldKnivesAnimals Cut In PiecesUnified PeopleTerror Of God

He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

Verse ConceptsFugitivesKilled With The Sword

They see delusion and their omens are a lie. They say, "the Lord declares," though the Lord has not sent them; yet they expect their word to be confirmed.

Verse ConceptsDeception Through False TeachersProphets Who Were Not SentMan's Words Fulfilled

Bible Theasaurus

Anticipate (12 instances)
Await (22 instances)
Contemplate (7 instances)
Expect (43 instances)
Require (110 instances)

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