18 occurrences

'Mire' in the Bible

And I beat them as dust of the earth, As mire of the streets I beat them small -- I spread them out!

Verse ConceptsStreetsTrampling PeopleGrinding PeopleMarshesdustcrushes

'Doth a rush wise without mire? A reed increase without water?

Verse ConceptsPlantsReedsMarshesPlants Growing Up

Casting me into mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

Verse ConceptsCreatures Returning To DustMarshes

Under shades he lieth down, In a secret place of reed and mire.

Verse ConceptsReedsMarshes

Under him are sharp points of clay, He spreadeth gold on the mire.

Verse ConceptsThreshingThings UnderMarshes

And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.

Verse ConceptsGrinding PeopleMarshesdustcrushes

I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.

Verse ConceptsChaosMarshes

Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters.

Verse ConceptsSinkingMarsheshaters

And have made it for a possession of a bittern, And ponds of waters, And daubed it with the mire of destruction, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfPoolsThreateningsHedgehogsSweepingdistractions

I have stirred up one from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My name, And he cometh in on prefects as on clay, And as a potter treadeth down mire.

Verse ConceptsClayeastCraftsmenPotterVictory, As An Act Of GodPotteryClay, UsesOut Of The North

And the wicked are as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.

Verse ConceptsTroubleSeaWicked Described AsUnrestThings Like The SeaSea, Metaphorical ReferencesUnclean Things

And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that is in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsInjuryMonotonyPersecution, Forms OfPersecution, Nature OfPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRopesSuffering, Causes OfCisternsLowering PeopleMarshes

That, lo, all the women who have been left in the house of the king of Judah are brought forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, and lo, they are saying: Persuaded thee, and prevailed against thee, Have thine allies, Sunk into mire have thy feet, They have been turned backward.

Verse ConceptsMarshesMen DeceivingFriends Failing

And see doth mine enemy, And cover her doth shame, Who saith unto me, 'Where is Jehovah thy God?' Mine eyes do look on her, Now she is for a treading-place, As mire of the out-places.

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodGod Not ExistingTrampling PeopleOvercoming EnemiesWhere Is God?

Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.

Verse ConceptsBricksClayClay, UsesDrinking WaterThe Nations Attacked

And Tyre doth build a bulwark to herself, And doth heap silver as dust, And gold as mire of out-places.

Verse ConceptsdirtGoldSilverNumerous As DustMarshesAmassing SilverGetting Rich

And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah is with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.

Verse ConceptsCavalryGod With YouRiding HorsesTrampling PeopleMarshesShaming PeopleFighting EnemiesSpiritual Warfareheroes

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