9 occurrences

'Honorable' in the Bible

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.”

and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the River. Now

Verse ConceptsExiled ForeignersBeyond The RiverBeyond The Euphrates

“But the earth belongs to the mighty man,And the honorable man dwells in it.

The captain of fifty and the honorable man,The counselor and the expert artisan,And the skillful enchanter.

Verse ConceptsRankSkillFiftiesSkilled Peoplemagicartistscraftsmanship

And the people will be oppressed,Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;The youth will storm against the elderAnd the inferior against the honorable.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToBad ChildrenDisrespect For Old AgeDiscourtesyOppressorsThe Elderly

Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;And their honorable men are famished,And their multitude is parched with thirst.

Verse ConceptsDangers Of IgnorancePoverty, SpiritualSuffering, Causes OfPeople Exiled

The head is the elder and honorable man,And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.

Verse ConceptsTailsWicked ProphetsHead As ChiefFake Friends

“If because of the sabbath, you turn your footFrom doing your own pleasure on My holy day,And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable,And honor it, desisting from your own ways,From seeking your own pleasureAnd speaking your own word,

Verse ConceptsSabbath, In OtDesecrationSabbath Observed

Yet she became an exile,She went into captivity;Also her small children were dashed to piecesAt the head of every street;They cast lots for her honorable men,And all her great men were bound with fetters.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofChainsNoblesPeople Cut In PiecesExiled ForeignersStriking To DeathTragedy On The StreetsChildren Suffering

Bible Theasaurus

Honorable (62 instances)
Honourable (73 instances)
Moral (71 instances)
Respectable (2 instances)
Upright (440 instances)

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