40 occurrences

'Forward' in the Bible

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins OfDespondency, Examples OfGoing ForwardNot PrayingMoving OnMoving To A New Place

And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Verse ConceptsAccess To God, In Old TestamentStrangersExclusionMaking The TabernacleDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is NearDeath ApproachingMoving To A New Place

Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelLevitesThe Middle

All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

Verse ConceptsOne Hundred Thousand And MoreThird Person

And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

Verse ConceptsFlagsCamping During The Exodus

And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSetting Out

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationTouchCarrying Holy ThingsDeath Due To God's PresenceNot Touching

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

Verse ConceptsSetting Out

And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

Verse ConceptsCarrying Holy ThingsThe Tabernacle

And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

Verse ConceptsFlags

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

Verse ConceptsMaking The TabernacleCarrying Holy ThingsThe Tabernacle

And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

Verse ConceptsFlags

And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Verse ConceptsTribes Of IsraelFlagsLast Ones

Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

Verse ConceptsOrder Of Marchorganization

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahScattering The PeoplesThe Ark Moved AroundGod ArisingFleeing From GodHating GodGod Overcoming

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

Verse ConceptsCamping During The Exodus

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyRivers And StreamsBeyond JordanCamping During The Exodus

For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

Verse ConceptsCapturing Gates

Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

Verse ConceptsThree MenThree AnimalsGoing Up MountainsQuantities Of WineOaksThree Other Things

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Early LifeDavid, Rise OfAnointing With OilCeremoniesKingsKingship, HumanOilPower, HumanSymbolsThe Act Of AnointingAnointing

And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.

Verse ConceptsOrdinancesStatutes To This Day

And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsPeoples Who Fled

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

Verse ConceptsSpeedPreparing To TravelSaddling Donkeys

And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsTen ThingsGoing ForwardBackwards

Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

Verse ConceptsSix ThousandTwenty Thousand And Up

And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.

Verse ConceptsFidelityInstrumentalists

Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsJudaismMaturity, PhysicalMiddle AgeTwentyAge Ranges Of Levites

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

Verse ConceptsOverseers

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

Verse ConceptseastWestGod, Invisible

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

Verse ConceptsPaths Of Believers

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

Verse ConceptsStubbornnessPathways Of SinSelf WillBackwardsThe Hearts Incination To EvilimaginationattentionFalling Away From God

Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideAngel's WingsGoing ForwardTouching Holy Things

And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.

Verse ConceptsMoving ForwardNot Turning AsideGoing Forward

And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesNot Turning Aside

So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, From GodDay 8Sacrifice On The Bronze AltarPeople Commended By God

And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

Verse ConceptsSecurityDivine DispleasureDispleasureGod Angry With The NationsGod Saves From Sin And DeathThose At Ease

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