'Picked' in the Bible

and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

Joshua told the priests, "Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people." So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.

The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there.

So the cook picked up the leg and brought it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel said, "What was kept is now set before you! Eat, for it has been kept for you for this meeting time, from the time I said, 'I have invited the people.'" So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.

Now Saul's son Jonathan had a son who was crippled in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but in her haste to get away, he fell and was injured. Mephibosheth was his name.

The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up.

After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt."

The old prophet picked up the corpse of the prophet, put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him.

He picked up Elijah's cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan.

So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap until noon and then died.

She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left.

Someone went out to the field to gather some herbs and found a wild vine. He picked some of its fruit, enough to fill up the fold of his robe. He came back, cut it up, and threw the slices into the stew pot, not knowing they were harmful.

So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army. He ordered them, "Go and find out what's going on."

The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father's entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. Indeed, he chose Judah as leader, and my father's family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father's sons and made me king over all Israel.

He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves. (Selah)

The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; the men of Kir prepared the shield.

On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.

Everyone ate and was satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles.

They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up -- twelve baskets of broken pieces.

Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.)

Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area.

The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak for a long time. Fast asleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, "With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again!