71 occurrences in 12 translations

'Returning' in the Bible

And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days.

Verse ConceptsFive Months And MoreWaters Subsiding

and he saith, 'returning I return unto thee, about the time of life, and lo, to Sarah thy wife a son.'

Verse ConceptsListeningSanctity Of LifeConceptionBirths ForetoldThe Promise Of A Babysarah

Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev region.

When I was returning from Paddan, to my sorrow Rachel died along the way, some distance from Ephrath in the land of Canaan. I buried her there along the way to Ephrath,” (that is, Bethlehem).

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfUnhappiness

Then Moses went away and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please, let me go back so that I may return to my relatives in Egypt, and see if they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

Verse ConceptsFathers In LawsReturning to their landLiving OnBrothers in lawgirlfriends

But he said, "I won't go with you because I'm returning to my land and to my own family."

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldReturning to their landPeople Unwilling

But Moses became furious with the officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign.

Verse ConceptsMilitary ServiceCommanderNamed People Angry With Others

After returning to Joshua they reported to him, “Don’t send all the people, but send about 2,000 or 3,000 men to attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, don’t wear out all our people there.”

Verse ConceptsTwo ThousandThree Thousand And UpUnderestimation

"Back at home, out the window Sisera's mother peered, lamenting through the lattice. "Why is his chariot delayed in returning? "Why do the hoof beats of his chariots wait?'

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldLooking Through WindowsPeople Who Delayed

Her son gave back the 1,100 silver coins to his mother, and she said, "I'm totally giving this silver from my hand to the LORD so my son can make a carved image and a cast image. So I'm returning it to you."

But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.)

Verse ConceptsEveningMen Working

So Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law is returning to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law back home!"

Verse ConceptsMothers, Examples Of

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, returning from the countryside of Moab. And they came [to] Bethlehem at [the] beginning of [the] harvest of barley.

Verse ConceptsBarleyGrainHarvestAutumnIndividuals going home

And {the servant in charge of the reapers} said, "She [is] a Moabite girl returning with Naomi from the countryside of Moab.

Take the Ark of the LORD, put it on the cart, and put the gold objects that you are returning to him as a guilt offering in a box beside it. Then send it away and let it go.

Verse ConceptsCartsGoldAnimal Sacrifices, Trespass Offering

Samuel told them, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, get rid of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths that are among you, dedicate yourselves to the Lord, and worship only Him. Then He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofCommitment, to Goddouble mindednessReformationSyncretismDivided HeartsUnquestioning ServiceReturning To GodWhole HeartednessIndividuals Saving OthersPutting Away Other GodsServing Asherah

and his returning is to Ramath, for there is his house, and there he hath judged Israel, and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsHomeAltars, Built ByAltars To The LordBuilding Altars

and David is going and returning from Saul, to feed the flock of his father at Beth-Lehem.

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessThose Who Kept Stock

As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul, singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments.

Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceLeisure, And PastimesVirginMusic To Celebratehomecoming

But now that he has died, what's the point of fasting? Can I bring him back again? I'll be going to be with him, but he won't be returning to me."

Verse ConceptsResignationAge Of AccountabilityHow Death Is InevitableNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearPointless FastingFastingDeath Of A ChildLoss Of A Loved One

Then he left, returning a different way than the one by which he had traveled to Bethel.

Verse ConceptsDifferent Things

But the king's edict stood, despite Joab's objections. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel before returning to Jerusalem.

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem turned back with Jehoshaphat their leader, returning joyfully to Jerusalem, for the Lord enabled them to rejoice over their enemies.

Verse ConceptsExcitement

But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army that was returning to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, He handed them over to you; but you have killed them in a rage that has reached as far as heaven.

So some of the Ephraimite family leaders, Azariah son of Jehochanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jechizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai confronted those returning from the battle.

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate and hardened his heart against returning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against Human AuthorityStiffnecked People

And the sons of Israel, those returning from the captivity, and every one who is separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land unto them, to seek to Jehovah, God of Israel, do eat,

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSeparationHeathenNations DescribedProselytesSeparation From Evil PeopleThose who returned from exileAdoption Should Lead To Holiness

The exiles who were returning from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel -- twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsGoatsThe Number TwelveSacrifice, In OtSin OfferingThe Number NinetyTwelve TribesTwelve AnimalsSeventiesNinetiesSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

Whoever would not come within three days would forfeit his assets and be separated from the community of the returning exiles, just as the high officials and elders had advised.

Verse ConceptsCriminalselders, as community leadersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfConfiscationAnarchyExcommunication

I traveled the valley by night to inspect the wall, returning through the Valley Gate.

Verse ConceptsNamed GatesDuring One Night

Returning [the] products of [his] toil, he will not swallow; according to the profit of his trade, {he will not enjoy},

Verse ConceptsDrawbacks To Riches

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;I humbled my soul with fasting,And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

Wiser is the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven men returning a reason.

Verse ConceptsSluggardsSeven PeopleFalse Wisdomsloth

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Tyre:Wail, O ships of Tarshish,For Tyre is destroyed, without house, without harbor;It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus (Kittim).

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShips

“Lift up your eyes and look around [at the returning exiles];All these gather together and they come to you [to rebuild you].As I live,” declares the Lord,“You [Zion] will indeed clothe yourself with all of them as jewels and tie them on as a bride.

Verse ConceptsBridesWeddingsMarriage, The BrideLooking At God's Worksjewelry

Say to them, '{As I live},' {declares} the Lord Yahweh, '{Surely I have no delight} in the death of the wicked, {except} in [the] wicked returning from his way, and he lives. Turn back! Turn back from your ways, O evil [ones], for why should you die, house of Israel?'

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forGod, Will OfPleasing GodPleasureNot Pleasing GodRepent Lest You DieDeathPunishment of the The Wickedpressure

"So you, son of man, say to {your people} [that] the righteousness of the righteous shall not save him in the day of his transgression, and the wickedness of the wicked {will not cause him to stumble} on the day of his returning from his wickedness; and [the] righteous will not be able to live by it on the day when he returns to his sin.

Verse ConceptsPeople In RighteousnessThings Which Cannot Save

returning what has been placed as collateral for a loan, paying back what he has taken, following the regulations that promote life, and committing no iniquity, he will certainly live, and not die.

Verse ConceptsCompensationStealingFulfilling The LawLaws About PledgesLife Through Keeping The LawDebt

And I have given mount Seir for a desolation and an astonishment, And have cut off from it him who is passing over and him who is returning,

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming Empty

After he is cleansed [from the defilement of a corpse], seven days more shall elapse for him [before returning to the temple].

Verse ConceptsWaitingSeven DaysPurifying OneselfSeven Days For Legal Purposescleansing

And My people are hanging in suspense, about My returning, And unto the Most High they do call, Together they exalt not.

But recently My people have risen uplike an enemy:You strip off the splendid robefrom those who are passing through confidently,like those returning from war.

Verse ConceptsRobesPeople Stripping PeopleEnemies Of God

Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.' Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful land a waste."

Verse ConceptsWhirlwindsGod Scattering IsraelLand Becoming EmptyNot Knowing People

But I will encamp at my temple [like a] guard, against those crossing through and returning; no oppressor will cross through them again, for now I have seen with my [own] eyes.

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineWatchfulness, DivineGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His Son

Early in the morning, as He was returning to the city, He was hungry.

Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical Body

Returning from the neighbourhood of Tyre, He came by way of Sidon to the Lake of Galilee, passing through the district of the Ten Towns.

Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Jesus, they were startled and began running up to greet Him.

Verse ConceptsGreetingsCrowds SeekingSpoken Greetings

And returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what they should answer him.

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesOthers Not AnsweringThose Who Were Ignorant

After those days were over, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but His parents did not know it.

Verse ConceptsStaying PutNot Knowing About Christparenthood

And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

Verse ConceptsGroups going homeHealth Achieved

Now when Jesus was returning, the people gave Him a warm welcome; for they had all been looking out for Him.

Verse ConceptsCrowds SeekingWelcoming ChristPeople Waitingwelcome

But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master is delayed in returning,' and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

Verse ConceptsGluttonydrinking, abstention fromSoliloquyEating And Drinkingdrunkards

And the servant [after returning] said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’

Verse ConceptsSpacious Place

Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.'

Verse ConceptsThe Soul Winners JoyFinding ThingsGathering FriendsLosing A FriendLosing FriendsBeing Lost

Returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the rest.

Verse ConceptsJesus TombEleven

Returning to his headquarters, he asked Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus did not answer him.

Verse ConceptsSilenceChrist Being SilentWhere From?

But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming [to them] the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofevangelism, nature ofMissionaries, Task OfAntioch in SyriaPreaching Gospel To Foreigners

having made also three months' stay -- a counsel of the Jews having been against him -- being about to set forth to Syria, there came to him a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesSeafaringSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfTrapTwo To Four MonthsIsrael Hardened

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Characteristics OfdefeatMelchizedekMeeting PeopleKilling KingsPeople Who Blessed OthersAbolishing Death

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Deliver (542 instances)
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Return (634 instances)
Returning (71 instances)
Revert (5 instances)
Reverting (1 instance)
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