'Return' in the Bible

every living thing would perish togetherand mankind would return to the dust.

I return thee words, and thy friends with thee,

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

“Will you have faith in him that he will return your grainAnd gather it from your threshing floor?

Lo, I have been vile, What do I return to Thee? My hand I have placed on my mouth.

My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed.But as for You, O Lord—how long [until You act on my behalf]?

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations that forget God.

Jehovah doth recompense me According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, He doth return to me.

And Jehovah doth return to me, According to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands, Over-against his eyes.

Remember and return unto Jehovah, Do all ends of the earth, And before Thee bow themselves, Do all families of the nations,

Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

And those who repay evil in return for good accuse me in return for my pursuing good.

Then I will teach the rebellious Your ways,and sinners will return to You.

Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.

They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.

God, you have cast us off; you have breached our defenses and you have become enraged. Return to us!

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. My persecutors are mighty, and they want to destroy me. Must I be forced to return what I did not steal?

God, who can compare to you, who caused me to experience troubles that were numerous and disastrous? You will return to revive me and lift me up from the depths of the earth.

Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

He remembered that they were only flesh,a wind that passes and does not return.

And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosomThe reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Return to us, God of our salvation,and abandon Your displeasure with us.

Let me listen to what God, the LORD, says; for the LORD will promise peace to his people, to his holy ones; may they not return to foolishness.

Return to me and have mercy on me; clothe your servant with your strength and deliver the son of your maid servant.

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

You set a boundary that they may not pass over,So that they will not return to cover the earth.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

In return for my love they accuse me,but I continue to pray.

So they inflicted evil against me in return for good and hatred in return for my love.

He loved to curse may his curses return upon him! He took no delight in blessing others so may blessings be far from him.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

What will I return to the LORD for all his benefits to me?

The one who goes out weeping, carrying a bag of seeds, will surely return with a joyful song, bearing sheaves from his harvest. A Solomonic Song of Ascents

When they stop breathing, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans evaporate!

Return to my correction! Look, I will pour out my spirit on you, and I will make my words known to you.

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold.

Say not thou to thy friend, 'Go, and return, and to-morrow I give,' And substance with thee.

He took a fist full of cash and he'll return home in a month."

The merciful and generous man benefits his soul [for his behavior returns to bless him],But the cruel and callous man does himself harm.

A generous person will prosper, and anyone who gives water will receive a flood in return.

A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his words,And the deeds of a man’s hands will return to him.

Whoever is kind to the poor is lending to the LORD the benefit of his gift will return to him in abundance.

To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.

A lazy person buries his hands in the dish; he is [too] tired to return it to his mouth.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

Be wise, my son, and rejoice my heart. And I return my reproacher a word.

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return.

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

“Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,Return quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelleOr a young stag on the mountains of Bether [which separate us].” Cross references: Song of Solomon 2:6 : Deut 33:27; Matt 28:20 Song of Solomon 2:8 : John 10:27 Song of Solomon 2:16 : Matt 10:32; Acts 4:12 end of crossrefs

Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and they that return of her with righteousness.

“Render the hearts of this people insensitive,Their ears dull,And their eyes dim,Otherwise they might see with their eyes,Hear with their ears,Understand with their hearts,And return and be healed.”

But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.

Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz [king of Judah], you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the highway to the Fuller’s Field;

The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the Lord who commands armies.

The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

who turned the world into a wilderness,who destroyed its citiesand would not release the prisoners to return home?”

And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.

At the end of 70 years, the LORD will deal with Tyre, at which time she'll return to her courtesan's trade, and prostitute herself with the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.

Return to the One the Israelites have greatly rebelled against.

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

I am going to make the sun’s shadow that goes down on Ahaz’s stairway go back by 10 steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back the 10 steps it had descended.

And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they return word:

“Because you are precious in My sight,You are honored and I love you,I will give other men in return for you and other peoples in exchange for your life.

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they sing for joy; for they will see in plain sight the return of the LORD to Zion with compassion.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

For just as rain and snow fall from heavenand do not return therewithout saturating the earthand making it germinate and sprout,and providing seed to sowand food to eat,

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

And it will be said,“Build up, build up, clear the way.Remove the stumbling block out of the way [of the spiritual return] of My people.”

O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

I thought: After she has done all these things, she will return to Me. But she didn’t return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Yet in all this her treacherous sister Judah didn't return to me with her whole heart, but rather deceptively," declares the LORD.

Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

“Return, you faithless children”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for I am your master, and I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.