17 occurrences

'Taken' in the Bible

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

Verse ConceptsMischiefCausing Others To StumbleRestForgiving Others Who Hurt YouHurtSleeping PeacefullyHurt And BetrayalLosing Someonewickednesshurting

You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

Verse ConceptsTrapBeware Of Your SpeechProcrastinationThe Power Of Words

But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

Verse ConceptsRestitutionSevenfoldKarmathievespotential

He has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon.

Verse ConceptsPursesSupplied With MoneyThe MoonMoney Blessings

The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

Verse ConceptsdesiresTrapDistinctives Of RighteousnessSalvation By Other ThingsGreed

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

Verse ConceptsRescueRighteous, TheA Good ManProtection From Dangerproblems

With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

Verse ConceptsBackbitingGodlessnessSpeech, Power And Significance OfUngodlinessFalsehoodCharacter AssassinationBenefits Of KnowledgeFriendsHypocrisyheartbeat

There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfPlenty For The PoorAgricultureInjusticeFeeding The Poor

It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

Verse ConceptsBearsEvil AssociationsMeeting PeopleBereavementFoolsMotherhood

Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

Verse ConceptsSilenceFoolishnessHow Silence Is WiseFools

By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

Verse ConceptsPurgingThe Inward BeingWoundsspankingscars

The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Verse ConceptsCompliments

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

Verse ConceptsCreatorCloaksBindingDivine Power Over NatureClimates, TypesCovering The EarthGoing Up To HeavenGod Going DownGod Dispensing WindKnowingWhat Is God's Name?

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