16 occurrences in 10 translations

'Shrink' in the Bible

then the priest shall adjure the woman with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman: Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to shrink, and thy belly to swell;

Verse ConceptsWasteThighsSwellingPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

and this water that bringeth the curse shall enter into thy bowels, to make the belly to swell, and the thigh to shrink. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodThighsAmenSwelling

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she have been defiled, and have committed unfaithfulness against her husband, that the water that bringeth the curse shall enter into her, for bitterness, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall shrink; and the woman shall become a curse among her people.

Verse ConceptsThighsRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitter WaterSwellingBitternessInfidelityHurt And Betrayaladultry

“Then I would still have consolation,And I would jump for joy amid unsparing pain,That I have not denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.

Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfJoy, Of IsraelGod Is HolyPhysical PainDenying GodGod SpeakingPleasurablenessjoyfuldenialjoyfulness

When it is warm, they are silent and cease to flow;When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

Verse ConceptsSummerWaters Drying UpHot Weather

My son, do not reject or take lightly the discipline of the Lord [learn from your mistakes and the testing that comes from His correction through discipline];Nor despise His rebuke,

Verse ConceptsAdoption, Assurance OfAfflicted Saintsdiscipline, divineGrudgesChastisementRejecting ThingsSuperiorityDiscipline From GodDespisersRejectionDiscipline Childclosure

My Lord GOD has opened my ears, and I did not rebel; I did not shrink back.

Verse ConceptsHearingAcceptance, Of InstructionThe Faculty Of HearingWe Obeyrebellion

“And it will come about that all who see youWill shrink from you and say,‘Nineveh is devastated!Who will grieve for her?’Where will I seek comforters for you?”

Verse ConceptsRuinsArchaeologyComfortless LivesHuman ComfortLeaving People Alone

and that I did not shrink back from proclaiming to you anything that was profitable or from teaching it to you in public and from house to house.

Verse ConceptsHesitationPreaching, Content OfProperty, HousesTeachersMinisters, Way They Should TeachTeaching In The ChurchUseful ThingsPeople Willing

Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.

Verse ConceptsAbiding In ChristLast ThingsOptimismReadinessNot AshamedFellowship With ChristChrist AppearingUs In GodBemaEternal PerspectiveBoldness

Bible Theasaurus

Contract (6 instances)
Cringe (4 instances)
Flinch (1 instance)
Shrink (16 instances)
Shrivel (9 instances)
Wither (39 instances)

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