33 occurrences

'Heap' in the Bible

And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

Verse ConceptsStones As Monuments

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

Verse ConceptsThings As Witnesses

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

Verse ConceptsObelisksCairns

This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByObelisksCairnsThings As Witnesses

And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

Verse ConceptsChaosHeart, HumanNosesRestraintNostrils

And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingRuinsBuilding CitiesArchaeologySpoils Of WarBurning Citiesgenocide

I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfGod Can Harm People

And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

Verse ConceptsEarth, Belonging To GodBearingCessationDry LandFeet In ActionIn The JordanNature Of GodThings Stopping

That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

Verse ConceptsDead SeaCrossing Into The Promised LandRoses

And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

Verse ConceptsCairnsGod Will No More Be AngryPlaces To This Day

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBurning CitiesPlaces To This Day

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

Verse ConceptsGallowsGatesHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSunsetsCairnsPeople Hung To DeathPlaces To This Day

And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

Verse ConceptsAlcohol ConsumptionLying Down To RestEating And Drinking

And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

Verse ConceptsPitsRetributionIsrael FleeingCairnsHoles In The Ground

His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

Verse Conceptsculture

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

Verse ConceptsMere Talkcriticism

Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

Verse ConceptsWealthClaySilverDressNumerous As Dust

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Verse ConceptsStoringDivine Power Over NatureGod's StorehousesA Way Through The Red SeaWineskins And Vats

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

Verse ConceptsPassing ThroughRestraintDivision Of WatersWaters DividedThe Sea Divided

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Verse ConceptsWealthBeing A BlessingEnjoyment, Lack OfBeing BlessedPromised JoyUseless EndeavourGod Judges The WickedPeople With KnowledgeGod Gives WisdomWisdomWisdom And GuidanceSaving Moneystriving

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyProphecies concerningsyriadamascus

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

Verse ConceptsReapingPlanting Seeds

For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

Verse ConceptsForeignersFortificationsFortressesTownNeverDestruction Of Cities

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfJacob, The PatriarchArchaeologyRebuilding JerusalemEzekiel InvasionRebirth Of IsraelLand Permanently Restored To Israelrebuilding

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBurning CitiesTrumpets For Battle

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodBrothHerbs And SpicesBonesBurning PeopleFirewood

Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsPlanting VineyardsDestruction Of CountriesThe CountrysideFoundations Of NationsThings StrippedBuilding Stones Rejected

And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

Verse ConceptsLaughterScoffingAttitudes Towards KingsMaking FunSiege Moundsjoking

Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.

Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

Verse ConceptsShortage Of WineOther Volume Measures

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