'Set' in the Bible

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;

For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;

And He called a child to Himself and set him before them,

But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.

Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been set by the sons of Israel;

And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone.

When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed.

And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them; and He divided up the two fish among them all.

He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them,

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,And recovery of sight to the blind,To set free those who are oppressed,

And some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him.

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the people.

When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem;

Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you;

for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;

Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each.

He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”

The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court,

And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household.

But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people.

but taking leave of them and saying, “I will return to you again if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

And there he spent three months, and when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had arranged it, intending himself to go by land.

And when they had come to him, he said to them,“You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,

When we had parted from them and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara;

and having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail.

After looking up the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Council to assemble, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, “Men, you ought to have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss.

The natives showed us extraordinary kindness; for because of the rain that had set in and because of the cold, they kindled a fire and received us all.

At the end of three months we set sail on an Alexandrian ship which had wintered at the island, and which had the Twin Brothers for its figurehead.

When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.

Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,And the cleverness of the clever I will set aside.”

If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, eat anything that is set before you without asking questions for conscience’ sake.

who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us,

But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased

but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father.

It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.

whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.

Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

thus incurring condemnation, because they have set aside their previous pledge.

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you,

so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things.See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.