23 occurrences

'Sand' in the Bible

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Verse ConceptsUncountableImpossible For PeopleGod Doing GoodSand And Gravel

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberSandImpossible For PeoplePlenty In EgyptSand And Gravel

And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

Verse ConceptsSandInadequate BurialsUnseenLooking And SeeingSand And Gravel

They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.

Verse ConceptsSea Dwellers

And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesMany CombatantsLargenessSand And GravelLarge Armies

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLocustsSandCamelsMany CreaturesSand And Gravel

And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberFigures Of Speechenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsAssemblyMany CombatantsSandSoldiersArmies, Against IsraelCavalrySix ThousandThirty Thousand And UpSand And Gravel

Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

Verse ConceptsSandAssembling IsraelActing For OneselfMany In Israel

Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

Verse ConceptsHappinessSandTribes Of IsraelMany In IsraelSand And GravelEating Drinking And Rejoicing

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.

Verse ConceptsBreadthSandSolomon, Character OfUnderstandingEnlargementSpiritual ProgressSand And GravelDiscernmentmindset

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyRash PeopleSand And Gravel

He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

Verse ConceptsNumerous As DustQuailSand And Gravel

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Verse ConceptsGod, Presence OfGod Always With YouThoughtsGod's Plan For Us

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.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfRemnantGod Doing RightDoing RightEnd Of ActionsMany In IsraelSand And Gravel

Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

Verse ConceptsNames Blotted OutSand And Gravel

Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Verse ConceptsBoundariesSandSeaAttitudes Of RespectOceansAweWavesDivine Power Over NatureBarriersEternal WorldLimits For The SeaSand And GravelFear God!

Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.

Verse ConceptsNoonSandWidowsThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden DestructionThose Who DestroyMany In Israel

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfStarsMany In IsraelSand And Gravel

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingDivine FavourSons Of GodUncountableBelievers As Sons Of GodSand And GravelLiving For GodThe Seaisrael

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersWindDealing With Many PeoplePursuing ViolenceSand And Gravel

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