42 occurrences

'Given' in the Bible

So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.

Verse ConceptsDedicationBeing Devoted to GodGiving Backlent

And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.

Verse ConceptsBenedictionsIndividuals going homeExchange Of IndividualsPeople Who Blessed Otherslent

No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.

Verse ConceptsThe Saints, Without Offence

And when she was very near death the women who were with her said, Have no fear, for you have given birth to a son. But she made no answer and gave no attention to it.

Verse ConceptsResponseOthers Not AnsweringDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A MotherDespairHaving A Babychildbearing

And the towns which the Philistines had taken were given back to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and all the country round them Israel made free from the power of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

Verse ConceptsAmoritesCities In IsraelRestoring ThingsTime Of Peace

(In the past in Israel, when a man went to get directions from God, he said, Come let us go to the Seer, for he who now is named Prophet was in those days given the name of Seer.)

Verse ConceptsSeersHistory Of Nations

And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.

Verse ConceptsMaking Kings

And Jonathan made an attack on the armed force of the Philistines stationed at Gibeah; and news was given to the Philistines that the Hebrews were turned against them. And Saul had a horn sounded through all the land,

Verse ConceptsTrumpetGarrisonsTrumpets For Signalling

But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfDavid, Character OfHeart, DivineSpiritualityDisobedience, To GodFalse AccusationsThey Do Not Keep CommandsSaul And David

But if they say, Come up to us; then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hands: and this will be the sign to us.

Verse ConceptsSigns From God

And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanFasting, Nature OfPromises, HumanRashnessAdjurationCursing The UngodlyMan AvengingVowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul and Jonathan were marked out, and the people went free.

Verse ConceptsCasting LotsPrayer, As Asking GodUrim And Thummim

And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.

Verse ConceptsRising Early, Examples OfRising EarlyThose Who Rose Early

And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God; all the rest we have given up to destruction.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilation

And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExterminationWe Obey

And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.

Verse ConceptsPredictionssaul

And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evil of your heart, you have come down to see the fight.

Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersEmotions, Kinds OfAnger, HumanShepherds, As OccupationsSpeech, Negative Aspects OfAnger Of Man, CauseNamed People Angry With OthersNo More Tending The FlockEmotions

And Saul was very angry and this saying was unpleasing to him; and he said, They have given David credit for tens of thousands, and to me for only thousands: what more is there for him but the kingdom?

Verse ConceptsTemperEnvy, Example OfDislikingFrustrationAngry People

But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath.

And word was given to Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah.

Verse ConceptsTelling Of MovementsSchool

Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.

Verse ConceptsBrothersethics, personalTown

Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?

Verse ConceptsAnger, HumanTemperAnger, Sinful ExamplesAnger Of Man, UnrighteousAnger Of Man, CauseChoosing PeopleNamed People Angry With OthersShame Has Comerebellion

And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtDo Not TellMan Appointing

And news was given to Saul that David had been seen, and the men who were with him: now Saul was in Gibeah, seated under the tree in the high place, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were in their places before him.

Verse ConceptsTamarisk

And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.

Verse ConceptsGatesTownShutting GatesGiven Into One's HandsTelling Of Movements

Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

Verse ConceptsPlans

Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given him that David was in the waste land of En-gedi.

Verse ConceptsDeserts, SpecificTelling Of Movementssaul

And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And Evil

Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

Verse ConceptsIngratitudeReward, HumanMannersUseless LabourPeople Actually Doing Evil

And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

Verse ConceptsPresents

Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

Verse ConceptsSheddingRestraints From KillingRemembering PeopleNot Avenging

Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of Gifts

Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish of Gallim.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersTransferring WivesPurgatory

Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.

Verse ConceptsGiven Into One's Hands

And the Lord himself has done what I said: the Lord has taken the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbour David;

Verse ConceptsSaul And David

And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was in great trouble, and said to him, See now, your servant has given ear to your words, and I have put my life in danger by doing what you said.

Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfRisking

But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him, and said to him, Make the man go back to the place you have given him; do not let him go down with us to the fight, or he may be turned against us and be false to us: for how will this man make peace with his lord? will it not be with the heads of these men?

Verse ConceptsSending people homeUnnamed People Angry With Others

So get up early in the morning, with the servants of your lord who are with you, and go to the place I have given you, and have no evil design in your heart, for you are good in my eyes; but when there is light enough in the morning, go away.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Rose EarlyEarly Rising

Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands.

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Who is going to give any attention to you in this question? for an equal part will be given to him who went to the fight and to him who was waiting by the goods: they are all to have the same.

Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentBaggageSharingBattle

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Afford (14 instances)
Apply (36 instances)
Collapse (34 instances)
Commit (177 instances)
Consecrate (84 instances)
Contribute (15 instances)
Dedicate (36 instances)
Devote (49 instances)
Establish (175 instances)
Founder (7 instances)
Generate (1 instance)
Impart (19 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain