'Set' in the Bible

"They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. For them you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.

Recite a proverb to this rebellious house and say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Set on the pot, set it on, pour water in it too;

Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed.

"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword.

They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.

I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them -- namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd.

For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones.

He said to me: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die.

Of this area a square 875 feet by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87? feet set aside for its open space round about.

"'Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles wide and eight and a quarter miles long; it will be for the whole house of Israel.

"Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width.

This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did.

They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the Lord.

The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city.

This was the dream. Now we will set forth before the king its interpretation.

saying, "Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles, consider my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation!

"While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb's wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame.

We have not obeyed the LORD our God by living according to his laws that he set before us through his servants the prophets.

Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees.

Then the king of the north will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land.

His forces will rise up and profane the fortified sanctuary, stopping the daily sacrifice. In its place they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

But reports will trouble him from the east and north, and he will set out in a tremendous rage to destroy and wipe out many.

From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, there are 1,290 days.

So I will set Hazael's house on fire; fire will consume Ben Hadad's fortresses.

So I will set Gaza's city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.

So I will set fire to Tyre's city wall; fire will consume her fortresses."

So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah's fortresses."

So I will set fire to Rabbah's city wall; fire will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.

So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth's fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram's horn.

So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem's fortresses."

In that day," says the sovereign Lord, "I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

All your allies will force you from your homeland! Your treaty partners will deceive you and overpower you. Your trusted friends will set an ambush for you that will take you by surprise!

Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

He will give us peace. Should the Assyrians try to invade our land and attempt to set foot in our fortresses, we will send against them seven shepherd-rulers, make that eight commanders.

They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with a drawn sword. Our king will rescue us from the Assyrians should they attempt to invade our land and try to set foot in our territory.

The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower.

As for the stone I have set before Joshua -- on the one stone there are seven eyes. I am about to engrave an inscription on it,' says the Lord who rules over all, 'to the effect that I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

Then take some silver and gold to make a crown and set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

For the household gods have spoken wickedness, the soothsayers have seen a lie, and as for the dreamers, they have disclosed emptiness and give comfort in vain. Therefore the people set out like sheep and become scattered because they have no shepherd.

The Lord my God says this: "Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem."

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

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel,

He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition.

(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord"),

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."

One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out,

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem.

Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.

because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.'

On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee.

Jesus told him, "Go home; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.

and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.

And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.

Then Peter and the other disciple set out to go to the tomb.

He told them, "You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests. On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."

but Paul chose Silas and set out, commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers and sisters.

The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household.

But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead."

but said farewell to them and added, "I will come back to you again if God wills." Then he set sail from Ephesus,

We set sail from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. The next day we approached Samos, and the day after that we arrived at Miletus.

When they arrived, he said to them, "You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia,

After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.

From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.

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

that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God's children.

Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you,

God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,

Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.

but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside.

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways.

On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come.

He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,

I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-bye to them and set out for Macedonia.

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased

I do not set aside God's grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing!

Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

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

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory.

In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.

But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day.

Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.