285 occurrences in 13 translations

'Upon' in the Bible

Why are the nations in an uproar [in turmoil against God],And why do the people devise a vain and hopeless plot?

Verse ConceptsFutilityOutsidersRageEvil PlansHeathenWhat Foreigners DoUseless Words And Thinking

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Verse ConceptsTeethCheeksSmitten CheeksBoxingDentistryBreaking TeethGod Beating PeopleGod ArisingSave Us!Protection From EnemiesEmotions

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.} Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodGod, Righteousness OfMusicMusical Instruments, types ofPrayer, As Asking GodGod Does Right For PeopleSpacious Placeinstrumentslonlinesspressure

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringFace Of GodLight, SpiritualCountenanceInfidelity To GodGod Giving LightNothing Good

{To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

Verse ConceptsFlutesMusicPay Attention O God!

Bring guilt upon them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels: drive them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against thee.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentRebellion, Against GodFruits Of SinDriven Away By GodFound GuiltyRebellion against GodGuilt

For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield. For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.

Verse ConceptsGod, The ProviderRighteous, TheRighteousness, Of BelieversShieldsGod BlessesSpiritual crownsGod's ProtectionFavor

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Verse ConceptsChastisementMusicMusical Instruments, types ofDispleasureGod Angry With IndividualsGod Requite Them!instruments

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleOvertakingPsalm Interjectionsrelentless

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Verse ConceptsHeadsMischiefFreedom From Violenceproblems

{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.} O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGod, Majesty OfKnowing God, Nature OfPrayer, And WorshipGlory Of GodGod's Glory RevealedGod Being Outside Of CreationExcellence

{To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David.} I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

Verse ConceptsHeart, And Holy SpiritMiracles, Responses ToMusicRenewed HeartPraise, Should Be Offered ByWe Thank GodThank YouGrateful Heart

And it is he that will judge the world with righteousness; he shall execute judgment upon the peoples with equity.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Righteousness OfJustification, Necessity OfPrayer, And Worshipfairness

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringGatesMercifulnessGates Of DeathNot DyingDeath PreventedPeople Being HatedDeath Of Loved One

[But] you have seen; indeed you have noted trouble and grief to take [it] into your hand. The helpless abandons [himself] upon you; you have been [the] helper [for the] orphan.

Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSorrowSympathyUnhappinessAfflictions, Consolation DuringChoosing God's WayGod Helpsrehabilitation

For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfArrows, Figurative OfDarkness Of EvilArrowsResolving Conflict

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Verse ConceptsCups, Figurative UseBrimstoneDisastersCoal, Uses OfWorldly SnaresBurning PeopleSulphurPunishment of the The WickedResolving Conflict

For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfJustification, Necessity OfUprightnessResolving Conflict

{To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.} Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodNames And Titles For The ChristianEvil TimesPeople Passing AwayGod Help!Causes of failure inGodly ManA Good Man

I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me!

Verse ConceptsSingingI Will Sing Praises

The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodGod Seeing All PeopleNot Seeking GodGod Acts From Heaven

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseCalling upon GodEvildoersNot PrayingThose Who Were Ignorantatheism

The sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied;I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,Nor will I take their names upon my lips.

Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesSorrowIdolatryMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsThe Ungodly SufferingNo Help In Other GodsWorshiping Together

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon equity.

Verse ConceptsMaking DecisionsThe Presence Of Godvindication

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Verse ConceptsGod Will AnswerGod Hears My PrayerPay Attention O God!God Answering PrayersListening To GodSpeech

The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

Verse ConceptsCordsSheolAfflicted To DeathEvil Trapping

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

Verse ConceptsDependenceCalling upon GodBeggarsCordsVoicesHelplessnessCryingI PrayThe Temple In HeavenGod Paid Attention To MeThe First TempleDespair

They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationCalamityGod Supporting

His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfSource Of Honour

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

Verse ConceptsGod's ArrowsTurning One's BackTargets

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.

Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationFrom The WombFrom BirthYou Are Our GodScoffers

All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Events CelebratedKneelingMortalityGod Opposes The Prouddust

For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

Verse ConceptsContinentsRiversThe OceanThe SeaFloods

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

Verse ConceptsGrace, And Christian LifeGrace, In Otlonliness

Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

Verse ConceptsGod Forgive!Assisted SuicideAfflictions

Look upon my enemies, for they are many,And they hate me with violent hatred.

Verse ConceptsHatredPeople Being Hated

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Verse ConceptsStumblingDownfallPeople OvercomingEnemiesProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

Verse ConceptsCryingMercifulnessPrayer, Described AsPay Attention O God!

The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfSymbolsTheophanyThunderPower Of God, ExpressedCloud of gloryThunder Showing God's Presence

Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

Verse ConceptsGod Help!Pay Attention O God!

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfSorrowUnhappinessTearsEyes Harmedgrieving

Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, TheSheolCurbing SpeechI PraySinners Grasped By DeathDisappointment

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, favored by God] is he whose transgression is forgiven,And whose sin is covered.

Verse ConceptsSin, Deliverance From GodForgiveness Of SinsGod Will ForgiveForgiveness Kjv

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, The CreatorGod Seeing All People

Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodHope And Love

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Verse ConceptsLack Of ExpectationLet Evil Reboundsurprises

With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofBitingTeethJestingGnashing Of Teethmockersrelentless

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Verse ConceptsEvil WaysImagination, Evil SchemingEvil PlansBedsEvil DevicesMischiefPlottingContinuing In SinStaying Positive

Let not the foot of pride come upon me,And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Verse ConceptsFeetExcommunicationProud Peoplearrogance

For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.

Verse ConceptsEternal Deathevil, warnings againstHope, In GodHope, Results OfInheritanceWaiting On The Lordcutting

And yet a little [while] and the wicked will not be, and you will look carefully upon his place, but he will not be.

Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedPeople Passing Away

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Verse ConceptsBitingEvil PlansTeethWickedGnashing Of TeethPlottingBackstabbers

The righteous will inherit the landAnd live in it forever.

Verse ConceptsRighteous, TheEternal PossessionHindrances

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberGuilty ConsciencesDespair, Description OfNumber Of HairsHair

“A wicked thing is poured out upon him,That when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Looms Near

But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.

Verse ConceptsGod Lifting PeopleRepaying Evil For Evil

As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.

Verse ConceptsBusiness EthicsVirtueIntegritySustaining ProvidenceEternally With GodGod Always With YouGod Supporting

O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear];Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the JordanAnd the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Verse ConceptsDespondency, Examples OfDepression, Solutions ToHealthI Am SadThe Region Of JordanDepressionDespairwaterfalls

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

{To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.} My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Verse ConceptsCarvings Of FlowersKingship, HumanMusicPensSkillSongsTongueWedding SongsInspirationJournalizing

You are fairer than the sons of men;Grace is poured upon Your lips;Therefore God has blessed You forever.

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousSon Of ManMessianic PropheciesBlessed By GodMasculinityExcellencegraciousnessHandsome Men

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

Verse ConceptsSwordsThighsChrist's Own GloryWeapons Of Christ

Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

Verse ConceptsBridesGoldPrincesQueensMarriage, The BrideRight SidesWomen's BeautyGodly Womanjewelryroyalty

Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

Verse ConceptsChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains

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