5 occurrences

'Own' in the Bible

and they took their daughters for themselves as wives and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their [pagan] gods.

Then the Lord said to Gideon, “There are too many people with you for Me to hand over Midian to them, otherwise Israel will boast [about themselves] against Me, saying, ‘My own power has rescued me.’

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsNot Mearmygideon

Jerubbaal (Gideon) the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseChaosSelfishnessAnarchyNo King

In those days [when the judges governed] there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Verse ConceptsAuthority, of human institutionsKingship, HumanSelfishnessAnarchyNo King

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