44 occurrences

'Lord' in the Bible

And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

Verse ConceptsAbrahamMoney, Stewardship OfWhat God Gives

and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Verse ConceptsCourteousnessPassing ByFavor

And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

Verse ConceptsHumourPeople Wearing OutSoliloquyThe Promise Of A BabysexHaving A Babysarah

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

Verse ConceptsDust, Literal UseAshesHumility, Examples OfSelf AbasementApproaching GodCreatures From DustSpeaking To GodI Am Unimportantdust

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

Verse ConceptsThirtyLet Not God Be AngryNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To God

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.

Verse ConceptsTwentyNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To God

And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfTen PeopleLet Not God Be AngryNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To GodWorth

And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord:

Now Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation?

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Nature OfAbsence Of SexGod KillingGod Will Kill The PeoplesPlea Of Innocence

Hear us, my lord. Thou art a prince of God among us. In the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead. None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Verse ConceptsPrincesAbraham, In SocietySepulchresConsentThe Cave Of MachpelahBurying places

Nay, my lord, hear me. The field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee. In the presence of the children of my people give I it thee. Bury thy dead.

Verse ConceptsCaves For BuryingIn Men's PresencePeople Giving Other Things

My lord, hearken unto me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead.

Verse ConceptsReal EstateUnimportant Things

And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

Verse ConceptsWater ContainersHasty ActionPutting Things Down

Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfServing PeopleSalutationsBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants. And with grain and new wine have I sustained him. And what then shall I do for thee, my son?

Verse ConceptsServing PeopleProviding Wine

And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim.

Verse ConceptsMenstruationBleedingSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot FindingNot Able To Get Upwomanhood

And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietySojourning

and I have oxen, and asses, and flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.

Verse ConceptsGoatsCowsOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

then thou shalt say They are thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us.

And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.

Verse ConceptsMeaning

And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

Verse ConceptsTendernessOne DayWeak AnimalsDrivingAnimals SucklingDeath Of CreaturesStrictness

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

Verse ConceptsSlownessPeople Going Before

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find favor in the sight of my lord.

Verse ConceptsGoing Together

And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsCupbearerBakersArts And Crafts, Types ofOffenceButlersWronging Other People

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

Verse ConceptsBuying Foodvulnerability

The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

Verse ConceptsSpying

And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way;

Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning People

and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

Verse ConceptsBuying Food

Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

Verse ConceptsFar Be It!

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

Verse ConceptsStealingIndeterminate Sums Of Money

With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

Verse ConceptsApproval To Kill

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutAcquitting The Just

Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsEquivalent People

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular Questions

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofJacob, Life And Character OfPrejudiceSole SurvivorsDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Who LovedExamples Of Love For Children

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathPeople Abandoning People

And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

Verse ConceptsTelling What People Said

Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

Verse ConceptsVicarious SubstitutionHalf brothers

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Verse Conceptsevil, victory overGovernorsRulersPromotionSpiritual FathersGod Sending ProphetsCaused By GodProvidence, Of God In CircumstancesIdentityIdentity In Christ

Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not;

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfPeople Who DelayedHurrying Others On

And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

Verse ConceptsBodyHerdsLimitations Of The BodyIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyShortage Other Than FoodThings Revealed

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

Verse ConceptsSubjectionKept Alive By MenGroups Of SlavesIndividuals Saving Others

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