36 occurrences in 11 translations

'Pull' in the Bible

He is to pull down the house, its stones, its lumber, and all the plaster on the house, and discard them in an unclean place outside the city.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesOutside The CityUnclean Things

then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the sight of the elders, and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall declare, ‘Thus it is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’

Verse ConceptsFacesSpittingSaliva

The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly.

Verse ConceptsBackDefecationFat Of PeopleDischargespoop

That night the LORD said to him, "Take your father's bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Ba'al which your father has, and cut down the Ashe'rah that is beside it;

Verse ConceptsShrinesAltarsDestruction Of Satan's WorksAnimals At Specific Agesgideon

Pull out some stalks from the bundles for her and leave them for her to gather. Don’t rebuke her.”

Verse ConceptsBinding cornPlucking Out

And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesLimbs WitheredDiseased Hands

Can you pull in Leviathan with a hookor tie his tongue down with a rope?

Verse ConceptsTongueSharp ToolsBinding As Animals

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

Verse ConceptsLionsNetsMan TrappingLike Creaturesrehabilitation

You have caused us to pull back from [the] enemy, and [so] those who hate us have plundered for themselves.

Verse ConceptsPlundering

but God will pull you down forever. He will snatch you and tear you away from [your] tent, and [he] will uproot you from [the] land of [the] living. Selah

Verse ConceptsMisersRootsPlucking OutGod KillingPsalm InterjectionsGod Killing Individuals

May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up,

Verse ConceptsGrassHousetopsGrass WitheredLike GrassGrowing

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsCitizenshipAnimal ReproductionOutcryComplaints

Woe to those who drag wickednesswith cords of deceitand pull sin along with cart ropes,

Verse ConceptsCartsRopesPulling ThingsContinuing In SinWoe To The Wicked

And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationDeposing

Look [on] Zion, the city of our appointed festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed settlement, a tent {that is not moved}. No one will ever pull out its tent pegs, and none of its ropes will be torn in two.

Verse ConceptsStretching OutZion, As A PlaceThe Prophecy Towards JerusalemMotionlessnessUndisturbedFestivals Observed

See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsRootsDestructionDestruction Of PlantsPlucking OutGod Appointing OthersGod Saves From Sin And DeathGod's People Plantedrebuilding

But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Verse ConceptsSheepHeart, Known To GodBeing Killed Like An AnimalGod Testing PeopleKilled Like An Animal

I will pull your skirts up over your faceso that your shame might be seen.

Verse ConceptsGod Stripping People

At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;

Verse ConceptsPlucking Out

"As certainly as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD, "even if Jehoiakim's son King Jehoiachin of Judah were a signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off

Verse ConceptsRingsSealsEvil For The Right HandTaking Other People

For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsWatchfulness, DivinePlucking OutMetaphorical PlantingGod Seeing The RighteousGod Doing Good

Just as I've watched over them to pull up, tear down, overthrow, destroy, and bring disaster, so I'll watch over them to build and to plant," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsRootsWatchfulness, DivinePlucking OutMetaphorical Planting

So the king commanded Ebed-melech, the Cushite, “Take from here 30 men under your authority and pull Jeremiah the prophet up from the cistern before he dies.”

Verse ConceptsDungeonsHuman Authority, Nature OfThirtyNamed Prophets Of The Lord

If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessStaying PutMetaphorical PlantingGod Changing His MindStaying Strong And Not Giving Upland

Say this to him: "This is what the LORD says: "Look! What I've built I'm about to tear down, and what I've planted I'm about to pull up and this will involve the entire land."

Verse ConceptsRootsGod DestroyingPlucking Out

Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

Verse ConceptsRootsUnfruitfulnessMany EnemiesPlants Growing UpEasy For People

"Ephraim, the well-trained heifer, loves to thresh grain, so I will spare her neck. I will turn Ephraim into a pack animal. Judah will pull the plow, and Jacob will turn up the fallow ground.

Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesHeifersMetaphorical PloughingNorthern Kingdom Of Israeltrainingbackstabbing

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "An enemy will surround the land. He will pull down your defenses, and plunder your fortified citadels."

Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

Verse ConceptsClimbingHand Of GodAstronautsGod's HandExcavationLowering PeopleDesire For DeathGod's Hands In OppositionEscaping From Godsoaring

Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

Verse ConceptsRobesPeople Stripping PeopleEnemies Of God

I will pull up the Asherah poles from among youand demolish your cities.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsDestruction Of CitiesCities Under Attack

"Look, I am against you," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so I will pull up your dress over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations, and your disgrace to the kingdoms.

Verse ConceptsNakednessGod Stripping People

The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,catch them in their dragnet,and gather them in their fishing net;that is why they are glad and rejoice.

Verse ConceptsRejoicing In Success

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Attract (3 instances)
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Pulling (60 instances)
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