290 occurrences

'Themselves' in the Bible

So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

Verse ConceptseastYielding To TemptationPeople PartingFacing EastChoosing Things

And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGod BlindingNot Finding

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

Verse ConceptsSeparating Animals

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

Verse ConceptsSeparating AnimalsWhat Is This?

Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.

And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfNosesSmellsFew PeopleTroubling IndividualsNations Attacking IsraelFamily Problems

And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

Verse ConceptsBowingGovernorsBowing Before Joseph

And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.

Verse ConceptsSalutationsBowing Before Joseph

And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, PracticesPeople PartingNo DealingsHating Peoples

come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfPersecution, Forms OfShrewdnessFalse WisdomExodusPrinciples Of WarNetworkingImmigrants

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types of

And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

Verse ConceptsBowingAnger, HumanHeatAnger, Justified ExamplesAnger Of Man, CauseLeaving EgyptNamed People Angry With Others

And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadBread, Kinds OfDoughBakingUnleavened BreadYeastBaking BreadHurrying Others On

and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.

Verse ConceptsSharing BurdensGreat ThingsUnimportant Things

And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

Verse ConceptsPeople Involved In JudgementHard TasksUnimportant ThingsStrength In Hard Times

And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.

Verse ConceptsConsecrationBreaking ForthMaking People Holypriests

And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.

Verse ConceptsJoining ThingsFive ThingsSix ThingsFractions, One SixthDoubled OverSixth

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

Verse ConceptsGoadsdoubt, results ofImpatienceMonotonyAaron, Sins OfAaron, CharacterGod Going BeforePeople Who DelayedBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptWaiting For God's Timingcats

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

Verse ConceptsWorseGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptStruggles In Relationship

then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on Jehovah's side, let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

Verse ConceptsChoicesGood Decision Making ExamplesRankChoosingAssembling LeadersStanding In The Gateway

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping Off

And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

Verse ConceptsJoining ThingsFive ThingsSix Things

The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfSex And UncleannessUnclean Until EveningsexRelationships With BoyfriendSex Before MarriageSame Sex MarriageSexual PurityMan And Womancouples

Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name: I am Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceProfaning God's NameI Am The Lord

And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

Verse ConceptsBodyShavingSprinklingClean Clothes

And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

Verse ConceptsSwingingClean ClothesBeing Cleansed From SinPriests Atoning

And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting.

Verse ConceptsConvocationsAssembling At The DoorwayTwo Other Things

And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

Verse ConceptsOne Material Thing

And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

Verse ConceptsGluttonyExcessWeights And Measures, DryGathering FoodLabour Day And Night

and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfAaron, Life EventsConfrontationSelf Righteousness, Nature OfWorldly Ambition ExamplesEnvy, Example OfPlottingGod Is Among YouA Holy NationSeeking Honourorganization

And there was no water for the congregation: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsDry PlacesNo Water For People

And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor.

Verse ConceptsJudgesBaal Worship, Nature OfJoined To Evilalignment

Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.

Verse ConceptsDying In The WildernessSinners Grasped By DeathDeath Of A Father

Moreover Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves, perish from before thee.

Verse ConceptsInsectsHornetsBeesHiding From People

And Jehovah said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

Verse ConceptsConversion, God's demands forSin, Nature OfMan Going Down

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenGod Appointing OthersDeathDeath Approaching

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.

Verse ConceptsFoodRejection Of GodTrust, Lack OfIngratitude To GodThe Promised LandDifferent GodsBreaking The CovenantMilk And Honey

For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.

Verse ConceptsGod, The RockRefugeSpiritual FoundationsNo One Is Like God

Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessHigh PlacesRefugeShieldsSpiritual Warfare, ArmourSwordsGod Being Our ShieldUnique IsraelGod HelpsGod's SwordExcellence

Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua.

that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsFive People

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

Verse ConceptsBooksBooks, Not PreservedSkyOne DayHistorical BooksSunSunshineThe Moonmovement

And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

Verse ConceptsCavesFive PeoplePeople In CavesPeoples Who Fledhiding

And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.

Verse ConceptsSunsetsCaves For BuryingCorpses Of Other PeoplePlaces To This Day

And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed.

Verse ConceptsNo SurvivorsExtermination

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them.

Verse ConceptsCongregationPriesthood, In OtShrinesTent Of MeetingArk Of The Covenant, EventsSacred PlacesThe House Of God At Shiloh

And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.

Verse ConceptsCivil War

And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersRenewal, Of People Of GodAssembling Israel

and they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them: and they provoked Jehovah to anger.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentRenunciationBowing To False GodsDifferent GodsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so.

Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofGod's WaysProstitutionRevelation, Responses ToDifferent Gods

For that the leaders took the lead in Israel, For that the people offered themselves willingly, Bless ye Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of OneselfPeople Going BeforePraise God For His BenefitsVolunteering

My heart is toward the governors of Israel, That offered themselves willingly among the people: Bless ye Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsDeborahPeople WillingVolunteering

Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

Verse ConceptseastValleys

And Jehovah said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsNot Mearmygideon

And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

Verse ConceptsPillarsObelisksOaksMaking KingsCitizens

But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

Verse ConceptsRooftopIsrael FleeingWomen's Roles

Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsAssembly

Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesExile In Prospect

And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

Verse ConceptsAssemblyThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsCivil War

And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.

Verse ConceptsDoubt, Dealing WithEncouraging DoubtersDoing Repeatedlyreinforcement

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

Verse ConceptsDoing Repeatedly

And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers-in-wait of Israel brake forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.

And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; And they that were hungry have ceased to hunger : Yea, the barren hath borne seven; And she that hath many children languisheth.

Verse ConceptsHiringSeven ChildrenPlenty For The Poor

For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Kidsdiscipline, in the familyOpposition, To Sin And EvilOrder In The HomeRestraintReprobates

And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.

Verse ConceptsFour ThousandKilling Within Israel

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;

Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth-aven.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberFigures Of Speechenemies, of Israel and JudahChariotsAssemblyMany CombatantsSandSoldiersArmies, Against IsraelCavalrySix ThousandThirty Thousand And UpSand And Gravel

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

Verse ConceptsCavesRocksPeople In CavesHiding From PeopleCaves As Places Of Refuge

And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Scattering Followers

And both of them disclosed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.

Verse ConceptsPeople Made Known

Likewise all the men of Israel that had hid themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.

Verse ConceptsHeatHiding From PeoplePeoples Who Fled

And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

Verse ConceptsAsceticism, TypesPriests, Function In Ot TimesPurity, Nature OfShowbread

And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

Verse ConceptsResentment, Against PeopleFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredDepressionDebtheartbroken

And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

Verse ConceptsCemeteryMournersMourning The Death Of Others

And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.

And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.

Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

Verse Conceptsreinforcement

And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

Verse ConceptsAttacking

And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

Verse ConceptsConfrontation

The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.

Verse ConceptsForeignersPretendingObeying People

And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

Verse ConceptsMonthNew Year, TheAutumnMonth 7

yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;

Verse ConceptsWe Have Sinned

Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Cut In PiecesFirewoodChoosing ThingsTwo Animals

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them.

Verse ConceptsCustomKnivesMutilationSuperstitionDisfigurementCovered With BloodGroups ShoutingGashing Bodiescutting

And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array . And they set themselves in array against the city.

Verse ConceptsReadinessDrunk Individuals

And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots washed themselves there ); according unto the word of Jehovah which he spake.

Verse ConceptsdogsBathing, For RefreshmentTongueWord Of GodPoolsAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking BloodClean Objects

And when the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

Verse ConceptsSchool Of ProphetsSons Of The Prophets

Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.

And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.

Verse ConceptsHiding From PeopleDuring One Night

In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

Verse ConceptsTradeRevoltsRulers Of Edom

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionChild sacrificeProvoking GodConsultationsPagan PracticesCharacter Of WickedDivinationmagicwitches

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