43 occurrences

'Receive' in the Bible

And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainHuman Blood ShedOther References To Mouths

And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

Verse ConceptsHeavenly FacesSmiling

And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

Verse ConceptsNot FindingNowhere To Be FoundWages Of A ProstitutePossessing Sheep

Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering unto Jehovah of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye shall give Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest.

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestTithes And Offering

When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Jehovah made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForWaterMore Than One MonthFasting For Long PeriodsTerms Of The Covenant At Sinai

Yea, he loveth the people; All his saints are in thy hand: And they sat down at thy feet; Every one'shall receive of thy words.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfBowingGod's Love For IsraelDirection

and they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread, which thou shalt receive of their hand.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of GiftsPeople Providing Food

And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of'silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.

Verse ConceptsFraudCoinageThe King's Orders

My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.

Verse ConceptsRafts

The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too little to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardFatnessGrainSmall ThingsSacrifice On The Bronze AltarFat Of The SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsCourts Of The Temple

But he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

Verse ConceptsFraudNot GivingNot Receiving

And he said unto him, Went not my heart with thee , when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?

Verse ConceptsVineyardUntimelinessNot The TimeNot Receiving

Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat.

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingCourtyardSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsIntegrityTemptation, ResistingAcceptance, Of InstructionResignationTemptressesCounted As FoolsGod Can Harm PeoplePeople Who Did RightOvercoming Hard TimesTragedyHardshipOvercoming Adversity

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersKneesbreasts

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedHeritageGod Judges The Wicked

He shall receive a blessing from Jehovah, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Verse ConceptsGod VindicatesGod Will BlessBlessings From GodTrust In Relationshipsvindication

To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity;

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceTeaching The Way Of Godfairnessbehavior

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; And the years of thy life shall be many.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of InstructionHow To Live LongParents LoveListening To God

They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfUnderstandingAcceptance, Of InstructionDo Not GrumbleComplainingcriticismdoctrine

O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Verse ConceptsIndifferenceMineralsPrayerlessnessRepentance, Importance OfSensitivityStubbornness, Consequences OfAfflictions Of The WickedAdmonition, RecievingObstinacy Against GodSelf WillGod, All knowing

Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.

Verse ConceptsPeople TeachingWomen WorkingBeing A Woman Of Godwomanhood

But they hearkened not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, and might not receive instruction.

Verse ConceptsDepravity Of ManImpenitence, Warnings AgainstIndifferenceListeningResponseRefusing To HearObstinate Individuals

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith Jehovah.

then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.

Verse ConceptsTaking Possession

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To God!Listening To God

Then shalt thou remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder'sisters and thy younger; and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

Verse ConceptsShamePeople RememberingRelated NationsShame Of Bad ConductBuilding Relationships

And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

Verse ConceptsCropsIncreasing FruitNo More FamineEliminating ShameRebirth Of IsraelValley Of Dry Bones

But if ye show the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and the interpretation thereof.

Verse ConceptsGiftsThings Revealed

But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, Purpose OfKingdom Of God, Coming OfSaintsSon Of ManBelievers Reigning ForeverAuthority Of Disciples

It also shall be carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceIdolatry, Objections ToShameTaxationAssyria, Prophecies OfCarrying IdolsGentile RulersShame Of Idolatry

I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

Verse ConceptseagernessPunishment, By GodRashnessFear Of God, Results OfRising EarlyFear God!Roses

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it .

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanBarnsGenerosity, God'sdrought, physicalGuardiansMoney, Stewardship OfProving, Through TestingBlessedStoringTestingPouringTithesSpiritual FulnessGod's ProvisionThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenTesting GodGod's StorehousesGod Will BlessBringing In The TitheAbundanceFirst fruitsFinancesTithes And OfferingMoney Blessingsspace

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