'Experience' in the Bible

And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

When Pharaoh released the people, God did not lead them by the way to the land of the Philistines, although that was nearby, for God said, "Lest the people change their minds and return to Egypt when they experience war."

Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.

They shall know [from personal experience] and acknowledge that I am the Lord their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.

However, I'll bring your little ones the ones whom you claimed would become war victims into the land so that they'll know by experience the land that you've rejected.

Just as you explored the land for 40 days, you'll bear the consequences of your iniquities for 40 years one year for each day as you experience my hostility.

The Lord will protect you from all sickness, and you will not experience any of the terrible diseases that you knew in Egypt; instead he will inflict them on all those who hate you.

And be certain in your minds this day; for these words are not said to your children, who have had no experience of the training of the Lord your God, and who have not seen his great power or his strong hand and his stretched-out arm,

Here's a list of nations that the LORD caused to remain in order to test Israel (that is, everyone who had not gained any battle experience in Canaan)

only so that successive Israeli generations, who had not known war previously, might come to know it by experience.

You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time.

“Lord my God, You have now made Your servant king in my father David’s place. Yet I am just a youth with no experience in leadership.

Now, O God of Israel, please let Your word which You have spoken to Your servant David my father be confirmed.

A man of God approached and said to the king of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because the Arameans have said, “The Lord is a god of the hills, but He is not a god of the valleys,” I will give this great army into your hand, and you shall know [by experience] that I am the Lord.’”

Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give!

Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations."

In my experience, those who plow injusticeand those who sow trouble reap the same.

Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience?

I thought, experience should speak; abundance of years teaches wisdom.

And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.

They say to themselves, "We will not be moved throughout all time, and we will not experience adversity."

Certainly the Lord is just; he rewards godly deeds; the upright will experience his favor.

For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, you will not allow your holy one to experience corruption.

You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

He will experience good things; his descendants will inherit the earth.

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord's favor in the land of the living?

For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one's life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.

May we experience your faithfulness, O Lord, for we wait for you.

By experience you will see that the Lord is good; happy is the man who has faith in him.

They will not experience shame in times of trouble; in times of famine they will have plenty.

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May the Lord be praised!"

so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death.

Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey!

My enemies will retreat when I call on you. This has been my experience, because God is with me.

You have made Your people experience hardship;You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger.

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May God be praised!"

You caused me to experiencemany troubles and misfortunes,but You will revive me again.You will bring me up again,even from the depths of the earth.

They do not experience problems common to ordinary people; they aren't afflicted as others are.

Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land.

How blessed are the people who worship you! O Lord, they experience your favor.

He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love, and by my name he will win victories.

Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.

The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

(Vav) May I experience your loyal love, O Lord, and your deliverance, as you promised.

May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!

Those who pass by will not say, "May you experience the Lord's blessing! We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the Lord."

Let me experienceYour faithful love in the morning,for I trust in You.Reveal to me the way I should gobecause I long for You.

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

My son, be attentive to my wisdom [godly wisdom learned by costly experience],Incline your ear to my understanding;

The glory of young men is their [physical] strength,And the honor of aged men is their gray head [representing wisdom and experience].

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

For no one can eat and drink or experience joy apart from him.

Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

And if he lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place?

The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

When I dedicated myself to experience wisdom and to observe what is undertaken on earth even going without sleep day and night

Everyone shares the same experience: a single event affects the righteous, the wicked, the good, the clean, the unclean, whoever sacrifices, and whoever does not sacrifice. As it is with the good person, so also it is with the sinner; as it is with someone who takes an oath, so also it is with someone who fears taking an oath.

And all the people will have experience of it, even Ephraim and the men of Samaria, who say in the pride of their uplifted hearts,

The humble will again experience joy in the LORD, and the poorest people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

“Kings will be your attendants,And their princesses your nurses.They will bow down to you with their faces to the earthAnd lick the dust of your feet;And you shall know [with an understanding based on personal experience] that I am the Lord;For they shall not be put to shame who wait and hope expectantly for Me.

“I will make those who oppress you consume their own flesh [in mutually destructive wars]And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine;And all mankind will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I, the Lord, am your SaviorAnd your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.

Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. Yes, they will possess a double portion in their land and experience lasting joy.

They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.

"These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, 'That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.

We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.

For this is what the LORD says: "I'm going to throw out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I'll bring distress on them so they'll experience it."

Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, look! The prophets are saying to them, "You won't see the sword and you won't experience famine. Rather, I'll give you lasting peace in this place.'"

Then I said, "Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.

They will be like a shrub in the desert. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the desert, in a salt land where no one can live.

Why did I ever come forth from my mother's womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.

Because he has done this," the Lord says, "I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his whole family. There will not be any of them left to experience the good things that I will do for my people. I, the Lord, affirm it! For he counseled rebellion against the Lord."'"

Yet I will certainly bring health and healing to it and will indeed heal them. I will let them experience the abundance of peace and truth.

Rather, we will keep doing everything that we said we would by offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and by pouring out liquid offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had plenty of bread, things went well for us, and we didn't experience disaster.

I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience my vengeance, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

"Because of your undying hatred, you kept on making the Israelis experience abuse during the time of their calamity, even when they were in their final stages of punishment,

I will also make the fruit of the trees and the produce of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer experience reproach among the nations on account of famine.

along with three chief administrators from them, one of which was Daniel. The regional authorities reported to these three administrators, so that the king would experience no losses.

Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel,For the Lord has a [legal] case with the inhabitants of the land,Because there is no faithfulness [no steadfast love, no dependability] or loyalty or kindnessOr knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land.

The calf itself will be taken to Assyriaas an offering to the great king.Ephraim will experience shame;Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.

Even when their enemies drive them into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will not let them out of my sight; they will experience disaster, not prosperity."

The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes. The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen -- your appointed time of punishment -- is on the way, and then you will experience confusion.

I must endure the Lord's anger, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand his deliverance.

The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;He has cleared away your enemies.The King of Israel, even the Lord [Himself], is in your midst;You will no longer fear disaster.

“Blessed [forgiven, refreshed by God’s grace] are those who mourn [over their sins and repent], for they will be comforted [when the burden of sin is lifted].

“Blessed [anticipating God’s presence, spiritually mature] are the pure in heart [those with integrity, moral courage, and godly character], for they will see God.

I tell all of you with certainty, some people standing here will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

While he was seated on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous and innocent Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”

Now about 4,000 men were there. Then he sent them on their way.

And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?"

They said to him, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

And {you will experience joy and exultation}, and many will rejoice at his birth.

I tell you with certainty, some people who are standing here won't experience death until they see the kingdom of God."

and they will level you to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you. They will not leave in you one stone on another, all because you did not [come progressively to] recognize [from observation and personal experience] the time of your visitation [when God was gracious toward you and offered you salvation].”

Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God.”

He who believes and trusts in the Son and accepts Him [as Savior] has eternal life [that is, already possesses it]; but he who does not believe the Son and chooses to reject Him, [disobeying Him and denying Him as Savior] will not see [eternal] life, but [instead] the wrath of God hangs over him continually.”

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, if anyone keeps My word [by living in accordance with My message] he will indeed never, ever see and experience death.”