'Seven' in the Bible

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and settle there. And so the final condition of that person becomes worse than the first. That's just what will happen to this evil generation!"

Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

he took the seven loaves and the fish and gave thanks. Then he broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

All of them ate until they were filled, then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces seven baskets full.

or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many baskets you collected?

Then Peter came up and asked him, "Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I have to forgive him? Seven times?"

Jesus told him, "I tell you, not just seven times, but 77 times!

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.

Now in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be, since all of them had married her?"

He asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" "Seven," they said.

So he ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He broke them in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to distribute. So they served them to the crowd.

The people ate and were filled. Then the disciples picked up the leftover pieces seven large baskets full.

"When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets did you fill with the leftover pieces?" They told him, "Seven."

There were seven brothers. The first one married and died without having children.

None of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died, too.

In the resurrection, whose wife will she be, since all seven had married her?"

After Jesus had risen early on the first day of that week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons.

Now Anna, a prophetess, was also there. She was a descendant of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was very old, having lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage,

as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and illnesses: Mary, also called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all go in and settle there. And so the final condition of that person is worse than the first."

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day and comes back to you seven times and says, "I repent,' you must forgive him."

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died childless.

and the third married her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.

Now in the resurrection, whose wife will the woman be, since the seven had married her?"

Therefore, brothers, appoint seven men among you who have a good reputation, who are full of the Spirit and wisdom, and we'll put them in charge of this work.

he destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan. Then God gave their land to the Israelis as an inheritance

Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this.

After the Festival of Unleavened Bread, we sailed from Philippi, and days later we joined them in Troas and stayed there for seven days.

So we located some disciples and stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to go to Jerusalem,

The next day, we left and came to Caesarea. We went to the home of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven, and stayed with him.

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, seeing Paul in the Temple, stirred up a large crowd. They grabbed Paul,

There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them for seven days. After this, we arrived in Rome.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.

and if he did not spare the ancient world but protected Noah, a righteous preacher, along with seven others when he brought the flood on the world of ungodly people;

From John to the seven churches in Asia. May grace and peace be yours from the one who is, who was, and who is coming, from the seven spirits who are in front of his throne,

saying, "Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

Then I turned to see who was talking to me, and when I turned I saw seven gold lamp stands.

In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines with full force.

The secret meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven gold lamp stands is this: the seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lamp stands are the seven churches."

"To the messenger of the church in Ephesus, write: "The one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lamp stands, says this:

"To the messenger of the church in Sardis, write: "The one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says this:

Flashes of lightning, noises, and peals of thunder came from the throne. Burning in front of the throne were seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God.

Then I saw in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the outside, sealed with seven seals.

"Stop crying," one of the elders told me. "Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered. He can open the scroll and its seven seals."

Then I saw a lamb standing in the middle of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders. He looked like he had been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.

Then I saw the lamb open the first of the seven seals. I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, "Go!"

Then I saw the seven angels who stand in God's presence, and seven trumpets were given to them.

The seven angels who had the seven trumpets got ready to blow them.

he shouted in a loud voice as a lion roars. When he shouted, the seven thunders spoke with voices of their own.

When the seven thunders spoke, I was going to write, but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and don't write it down."

Then the seven thunders told me, "You must prophesy again about many nations, nations, languages, and kings."

Then another sign appeared in the sky: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on its heads.

I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns, seven heads, and ten royal crowns on its horns. On its heads were blasphemous names.

I saw another sign in heaven. It was both spectacular and amazing. There were seven angels with the seven last plagues, with which God's wrath is completed.

The seven angels with the seven plagues came out of the Temple wearing clean, shining linen with gold sashes around their chests.

One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven gold bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

The Temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and his power, and no one could enter the Temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels came to an end.

Then I heard a loud voice from the Temple saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour the seven bowls of God's wrath on the earth."

Then one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls came and told me, "Come, I will show you how the notorious prostitute who sits on many waters will be judged.

Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was controlled by blasphemy. It had seven heads and ten horns.

"Why are you surprised?" The angel asked me. "I will tell you the secret of the woman and the beast with the seven heads and the ten horns that carries her.

This calls for a mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is sitting. They are also seven kings.

The beast that was and is no longer is the eighth king, but it belongs with the seven kings and goes to its destruction.

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came to me and said, "Come! I will show you the bride, the wife of the lamb."