13 occurrences

'Locust' in the Bible

And Jehovah turned a very powerful west wind, which took away the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea: there remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsSeaWestWindMiracles Of Moses And AaronOut Of The WestOther References To The Red Sea

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.

Verse ConceptsLocustsPlanting Seeds

All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess.

Verse Conceptsbugs

If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight, mildew, locust, caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their gates; whatever plague, whatever sickness there be:

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsMildewHelp In ShortageNations Attacking Israel

If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their gates; whatever plague or whatever sickness there be:

Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsMildewHelp In Shortage

If I shut up the heavens that there be no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTClosing Up

Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.

Verse ConceptsNosesCreatures JumpingNeighing And Braying

And he gave their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust;

Verse ConceptsCropsCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsUnfruitfulnessNot Reaping What You Sowworms

He spoke, and the locust came, and the cankerworm, even without number;

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsInsectsLocusts

I am gone like a shadow when it lengtheneth; I am tossed about like the locust;

Verse ConceptsShadowsTime Passing

that which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

Verse ConceptsInsectsFamine, Causes OfCaterpillarsLocustsSuffering, Nature OfSymbolsDestruction Of PlantsGathering FoodRemaining Food

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeCaterpillarsInsectsLocustsChangecancerlukewarmrehabilitationworms

There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off; it shall devour thee like the cankerworm. Make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locust.

Verse ConceptsInsectsBurning People

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Locust (27 instances)
Prodigal (1 instance)

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