'Place' in the Bible

"O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?

Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.'"

People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.

O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.

The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.

It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place.

"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined.

a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold;

"But wisdom -- where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding?

Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

"But wisdom -- where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding?

God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place.

On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.

then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!" The words of Job are ended.

He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

and if God is gracious to him and says, 'Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,'

He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!'

to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place.

He strikes them for their wickedness, in a place where people can see,

And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.

At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.

when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors,

Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place,

"In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer!

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them!

When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.

For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.

O Lord, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.

He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.

You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place.

You are my hiding place; you protect me from distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance. (Selah)

From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth's inhabitants.

Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

I say, "I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah)

I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale."

As for me, I will sing about your strength; I will praise your loyal love in the morning. For you are my refuge and my place of shelter when I face trouble.

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.

You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.

Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands.

For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!

You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?

I will place his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers.

but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down -- to the place you appointed for them.

Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside!

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.

In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.

You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word.

until I find a place for the Lord, a fine dwelling place for the powerful ruler of Jacob."

The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips!

For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits.

She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you."

before the mountains were set in place -- before the hills -- I was born,

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright.

Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.

Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.

Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again.

All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again.

I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return.

I considered all the living who walk on earth, as well as the successor who would arise in his place.

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

Your teeth are like a flock of newly-shorn sheep coming up from the washing place; each of them has a twin, and not one of them is missing.

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got -- disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got -- cries for help!

and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned.

Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family."

For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "It will not take place; it will not happen.

At that time every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun with thorns and briers.

What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners, or to fall among those who have been killed. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord's land. They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.

"I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom," says the Lord who commands armies.

For this is what the Lord has told me: "I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest."

At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord who commands armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. The tribute will be brought to the place where the Lord who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion.

All your leaders ran away together -- they fled to a distant place; all your refugees were captured together -- they were captured without a single arrow being shot.

What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff.

I will place the key to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it.

I will fasten him like a peg into a solid place; he will bring honor and respect to his father's family.

"At that time," says the Lord who commands armies, "the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off." Indeed, the Lord has spoken.

Indeed, the Lord knocks down those who live in a high place, he brings down an elevated town; he brings it down to the ground, he throws it down to the dust.

For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.

Indeed, all the tables are covered with vomit; no place is untouched.

Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.

I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.