90 occurrences

'Lift' in the Bible

And Jehovah said to Abram, after that Lot had separated himself from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

Verse ConceptsNorthSouthWestCompassesPeople PartingNorth, South, East And WestLooking And SeeingFuture PlansDirection

And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the rams that leap upon the flock are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Laban does to thee.

Verse ConceptsGod Seeing Their AfflictionBlemished CreaturesBlack And WhiteGod Sending His Son

In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head and restore thee to thy place, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his cup-bearer.

Verse ConceptsReinstatementRestorationLifting HeadsReinstating People

In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyHeadsRemoving HeadsAnimals Eating PeopleLifting HeadsEating CorpsesBirds EatingPeople Hung To Death

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeAuthority Delegated To People

And thou, lift thy staff, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it; and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToStretching OutDivision Of WatersDry LandWaters DividedComing To The Red Sea

And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy sharp tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.

Verse ConceptsAltars, Made OfDefilement, Ceremonial CausesArchitectureToolsCutting StonesLack Of Holiness

Jehovah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesPay Attention O God!Peace And Strength

and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, It is enough; for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah?

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfAaron, Life EventsConfrontationSelf Righteousness, Nature OfWorldly Ambition ExamplesEnvy, Example OfPlottingGod Is Among YouA Holy NationSeeking Honourorganization

Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.

Verse ConceptsHuntingDeterminationCreatures Drinking BloodLike CreaturesAnimals Eating

Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes; for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Verse ConceptseastWestNorth, South, East And WestGoing Up Mountains

and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyPlanetsMoonSkyStarsThe SunIdolatry Consists OfDo Not Have Other godsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonWorship Of The SunSunWorshiping TogetherSunshineThe Moonadoration

Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case help him to lift them up.

Verse ConceptsRespect, For EnvironmentResponsibility, For God's WorldRoadsAnimals Falling

And there shalt thou build an altar to Jehovah thy God, an altar of stones; thou shalt not lift up an iron tool upon them;

Verse ConceptsAltars, Made OfIronToolsAltars To The Lord

For I lift up my hand to the heavens, and say, I live for ever!

Verse ConceptsGod, The EternalHand Of GodLifting HandsSwearing

and Joshua said to them, Pass before the ark of Jehovah your God into the midst of the Jordan, and lift up each of you a stone and put it upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,

Verse ConceptsThe MiddleStones As MonumentsTwelve TribesTwelve ThingsIn The Jordan

It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God; and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfGod, Living And Self sustainingRemnantRidicule, Objects OfSurvivors FavouredPray For UsWill God Pay Attention?

and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.

Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesConfession, Examples OfGuilt, Human Aspects OfShameSin, Effects OfBlushingFound GuiltyShame Has Come

If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being so full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; --

Verse ConceptsLifting HeadsSin Clings To The Sinner

Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot, and thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear:

Verse ConceptsSteadfastnessLifting Headsfearlesssteadfast

Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:

Verse ConceptsGod As A Source Of Delight

Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

Many say, Who shall cause us to see good? Lift up upon us the light of thy countenance, O Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringFace Of GodLight, SpiritualCountenanceInfidelity To GodGod Giving LightNothing Good

Arise, Jehovah, in thine anger; lift thyself up against the raging of mine oppressors, and awake for me: thou hast commanded judgment.

Verse ConceptsSleep, SpiritualGod ArisingThe Final JudgementGod Will Be AngryEnemy Attacks

Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

Verse ConceptsDoorsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesLifting Headsancient Choirs

Lift up your heads, ye gates; yea, lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesLifting Heads

{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, As A Response To GodPrayer, Described As

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.

Verse ConceptsPsalms As PrayersBeggarsHandsMost Holy PlaceLifting HandsPay Attention O God!supplication

Lift up thy steps unto the perpetual desolations: everything in the sanctuary hath the enemy destroyed.

Verse ConceptsRuinsDestruction Of Jerusalemfootsteps

A man was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;

Verse ConceptsAxesFelling Trees

I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Verse ConceptsHorns WeakenedBoastingarrogance

Lift not up your horn on high; speak not arrogantly with a stiff neck.

Verse ConceptsNecksSelf WillBraggingHorns WeakenedDo Not Be Proudarrogance

For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.

Verse ConceptsHating God

Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, As A Response To GodFuture Rejoicing In Godservanthood

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth, render the reward to the proud.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeJudgesGod ArisingGod Opposes The Proud

He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up the head.

Verse ConceptsThe Water Of LifeBrooksrelaxing

And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.

Verse ConceptsLifting HandsLoving God's Things

{A Song of degrees.} I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?

Verse ConceptsLooking HeavenwardHillsCrying For HelpLooking At God's WorksOptimism

{A Song of degrees.} Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfLooking Heavenward

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, and who hath not another to lift him up!

Verse ConceptsBest FriendsTragedyNot Being Alonehelphelpingpity

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall reprove many peoples; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningPloughingSecuritySpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsNationsPeace, Effects OfDisarmamentMessianic PropheciesGod Makes PeaceMillennial Kingdom, Universal Peace And Blessing

he will lift up his hand in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people.

Verse ConceptsOuter GarmentsNo King

And he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly and lightly.

Verse ConceptsBanner, Figurative UseSpeedFlagsWhistlingFar From HerePeople From Far Away

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up him who is not wood!

Verse ConceptsAxesSelf ConfidenceToolsWoodInfidelity To GodSawsClubsDo Not Be ProudScoffers

Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian; he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt:

Verse ConceptsSpecial Revelation

And Jehovah of hosts will stir up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod shall be upon the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsFloggingRemnantDoing Repeatedly

Lift up thy voice, daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laish! Poor Anathoth!

Verse Conceptsdaughters

And he shall lift up a banner to the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Verse Conceptsdispersion, theRemnantOutcastsFour CornersFlagsFour Sides

Lift up a banner upon a bare mountain, raise the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseBeaconsFlags

These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfWestOut Of The WestDepression

And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfJusticeCommendationGod Is GraciousGod, Justice OfTendernessWaiting On GodLongsuffering Of GodDivine FavourGod WaitingGod Showed MercyGod's InterventionWaiting On The LordWaiting For God's Timingjournaling

Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.

Verse ConceptsNowGod ArisingBeing Yourself

It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingRemnantRidicule, Objects OfSurvivors FavouredPray For UsWill God Pay Attention?

O Zion, that bringest glad tidings, get thee up into a high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest glad tidings, lift up thy voice with strength: lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofClimbingGospel, Descriptions OfHeraldVoicesWatchfulness, Of BelieversNames And Titles For ChristGood TidingsHe Is Our God

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains:

Verse ConceptsBlessing In The Wilderness

Take the millstones, and grind meal; remove thy veil, lift up the train, uncover the leg, pass over rivers:

Verse ConceptsGrindingLegsPassing ThroughVeilsPeople Stripping OffGrinding Food

Lift up thine eyes round about and behold: they all gather themselves together, they come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt indeed clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and bind them on as a bride doth.

Verse ConceptsBridesWeddingsMarriage, The BrideLooking At God's Worksjewelry

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon the shoulder.

Verse ConceptsFlagsPeople Carrying Live PeopleRaising Children

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall grow old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Verse ConceptsFailture, God Will Nevereternity, nature ofAstronomyInsectsEarth, Destruction OfSmokeEcological ConcernsImputed RighteousnessSalvation, Described AsEternal DeliveranceThe Universe DestroyedDisappearanceThings Wearing OutLooking At God's WorksAbrasionSmoke Used Poetically

The voice of thy watchmen, they lift up the voice, they sing aloud together; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah shall bring again Zion.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseWatchman

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Verse ConceptsHesitationShoutingMinisters, Way They Should TeachTrumpets For SignallingWhat Sin?EmotionsrebellionDishonoring God

And they shall fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and from the rising of the sun, his glory. When the adversary shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of Jehovah will lift up a banner against him.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of Godenemies, of Israel and JudahHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityReverence, And God's NatureWestGlory Of GodEast And WestGod In The WindSurvivalOvercoming Adversity

Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons come from afar, and thy daughters are carried upon the side.

Verse ConceptsChildren In The FaithPeople Carrying Live PeoplePeople From Far AwayComing TogetherRaising Childrengatheringepiphany

Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the peoples.

Verse ConceptsHighwayComing To GatesFlagsMaking RoadsHighwaysRemoving People From Your Life

Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness.

Verse ConceptsNomadsUsing RoadsPolluting The LandSpiritual HarlotrySex Between NationsThings On High

And thou, pray not for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, and make not intercession to me; for I will not hear thee.

Verse ConceptsPrayer, For OthersReprobatesNot PrayingPraying For OthersPrayingsupplicationpetition

And thou, pray not for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodPrayer, For OthersNot PrayingPraying For OthersGetting Through Hard TimesPrayingListening To Godpeoplepetition

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

Verse ConceptsOut Of The NorthBeauty Of Nature

And into the land whereunto they lift up their souls to return, thither shall they not return.

Verse ConceptsNo return from exile

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and lift up a banner; publish, conceal not! Say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed: her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBabylon DestroyedFlagsCapturing Cities

Lift up a banner towards the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both devised and done that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGuardsWatchmanBabylon DestroyedAmbushFlagsThe judgment of babylon

Lift up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare nations against her; call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the bristly caterpillars.

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

Arise, cry out in the night, in the beginning of the watches; pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, who faint from hunger at the top of all the streets.

Verse ConceptsHandsNightPouringAll Night PrayersLifting HandsThings Like WaterPouring WaterFaintingTragedy On The StreetsYoung People SufferingBeginning Of PeriodsLike Water

And he said unto me, Son of man, lift up now thine eyes toward the north. And I lifted up mine eyes toward the north, and behold, northward of the gate of the altar, this image of jealousy in the entry.

Verse ConceptsNorthCompassesGateways Of The TempleNorth Of The AltarGod Opposes Idolatry

that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.

Verse ConceptsThose Subjected To PeopleHumbling Oneself

In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams, to open the mouth for bloodshed, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering-rams against the gates, to cast mounds, to build siege-towers.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsBattle CriesAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldEvil For The Right HandSiege Mounds

And I will make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

Verse ConceptsCessationStopping EvilForgetting PeopleSpiritual Harlotry

And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereunto they lift up their soul, their sons and their daughters,

Verse ConceptsThe Glory Of Man

He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field, and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and lift up the target against thee;

Verse ConceptsFortsKilled With The SwordSiege MoundsThe Nations Attacked

Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood; and shall ye possess the land?

Verse ConceptsSheddingPeople Consuming BloodIdol WorshipJudged As MurderersEating Meat

And he shall judge among many peoples, and reprove strong nations, even afar off; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgePruningDisarmamentSpearsToolsWarfare, Nature OfWeaponsAmbivalenceCutting Off BranchesTilling The SoilFruitless LearningFar From HereGod Makes PeaceGod Saves From Sin And Death

And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth.

Verse ConceptsLooking And Seeing

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