18 occurrences in 12 translations

'Fail' in the Bible

Devise a plan; it will fail.Make a prediction; it will not happen.For God is with us.

Verse ConceptsBattlesGod, Purpose OfPlansStriving With GodGod With YouTragedyGod's Plan For Uspositivity

Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman EmotionLosing Courage

And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

Verse ConceptsadvisersHuman EmotionGuidance, Need For God'sHeart, HumanMediumsPessimismPlansSpiritsDivinationNecromancyLosing CourageOccultismOccult Being Powerless Before God

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

Verse ConceptsWaters Drying UpRiver NileRiversCauses of failure in

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

Verse ConceptsendThe Glory Of ManOne YearLosing Honour

For the bed is too short to stretch out on,And the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself [and likewise all their preparations are inadequate].

Verse ConceptsCovering The BodyNarrownessAccommodationsSmall ThingsBeds

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritAliancesStumblingTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGod's HandLimitations Of The BodyGod's Hands Stretched OutDanger From MenNatural Disasters

For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationSin, Nature OfHypocrites, Description OfMischiefBeing MisleadStingy PeopleErrorHypocrisy

Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.

Verse ConceptsHarvestUnfruitfulnessAfflictions Of The WickedVintageOne Year

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritUnity, Of God's PeopleStudentsBible, Names OfThe Holy Spirit In CreationNothing MissingOld Testament Claims InspirationMissing SomeoneReading The BibleSoulmatesgatheringseekinghomecoming

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Verse ConceptsdovesdiscouragementPrayer In DiscouragementSwallowsCauses of failure in

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Verse ConceptsHope, As ConfidenceHope, In GodIslandsSpirit Of ChristGod Doing RightDoing RightNot Discouragedcredibility

Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfFalse ReligionRefugeIdols Not ExistingVanityUnprofitable SinsUseless PeopleShame Of IdolatryimageHinduism

Causing the omens of boasters to fail,Making fools out of diviners,Causing wise men to draw backAnd turning their knowledge into foolishness,

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligenceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeFalse WisdomFrustrationCounted As Fools

The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

Verse ConceptsPeople Releasing Others

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeAnger Of God, Saved FromGod Giving BreathGod SuingGod Will No More Be AngryDespairbreath

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Betray (35 instances)
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