18 occurrences in 13 translations

'Upon' in the Bible

Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansScorchingLooking Intently At PeopleBlack PeopleUnnamed People Angry With OthersSunMothers And SonsColorSunshine

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Verse ConceptsThe Cool Of The DayUntil DaybreakDeer Etc.

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life!

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionMarriage, The BridegroomLooking Intently At PeopleWedding Songs

Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones. A thousand shields are hung upon it, all the shields of the warriors.

Verse ConceptsNecksArmoryElegancecrusades

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

Verse ConceptsHoly Spirit, Types OfSexual DesireawakeningThe North Wind

I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

Verse ConceptsRoses

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Verse ConceptsThings Like Gold

Before I was aware, My soul set me upon the chariots of my willing people.

Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

Verse ConceptsLooking Intently At People

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

Verse ConceptsAppearance Of Hair

{How I wish that you were my little brother}, [who] nursed {upon my mother's breasts}! [If] {I met you outside}, I would kiss you, {and no one would despise me}!

Verse ConceptsSibling Lovebreasts

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

Verse ConceptsApplesOther Supporting

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfThe Fact Of DeathPassionrelentless

Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterQuenchingLove Of Jesus, To The SaintsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfRomance

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

Verse ConceptsPuritywomanhood

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Verse ConceptsYoung LoversDeer Etc.Deer

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