125 occurrences

'Upon' in the Bible

Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord!

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

For the choir director; with stringed instruments, upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger,Nor chasten me in Your wrath.

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

His mischief will return upon his own head,And his violence will descend upon his own pate.

Verse ConceptsHeadsMischiefFreedom From Violenceproblems

For, behold, the wicked bend the bow,They make ready their arrow upon the stringTo shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

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

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

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

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of menTo see if there are any who understand,Who seek after God.

Verse ConceptsSeeking GodGod Seeing All PeopleNot Seeking GodGod Acts From Heaven

Do all the workers of wickedness not know,Who eat up my people as they eat bread,And do not call 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

I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

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

In my distress I called upon the Lord,And cried to my God for help;He heard my voice out of His temple,And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

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

His glory is great through Your salvation,Splendor and majesty You place upon him.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfSource Of Honour

Upon You I was cast from birth;You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

Verse ConceptsBaby dedicationFrom The WombFrom BirthYou Are Our GodScoffers

For He has founded it upon the seasAnd established it upon the rivers.

Verse ConceptsContinentsRiversThe OceanThe SeaFloods

Look upon my affliction and my trouble,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 evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.

Verse ConceptsStumblingDownfallPeople OvercomingEnemiesProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;The God of glory thunders,The Lord is over many waters.

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

Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I call upon You;Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadGrave, TheSheolCurbing SpeechI PraySinners Grasped By DeathDisappointment

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah.

Verse ConceptsAffliction Day And NightdefeatSummerGod's HandHot WeatherGod's Hands In OppositionNo Strength LeftPsalm Interjections

Let Your lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us,According as we have hoped in You.

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodHope And Love

Let destruction come upon him unawares,And let the net which he hid catch himself;Into that very destruction let him fall.

Verse ConceptsLack Of ExpectationLet Evil Reboundsurprises

He plans wickedness upon his bed;He sets himself on a path that is not good;He does not despise 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

“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

All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You,And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.

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

God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of menTo see if there is anyone who understands,Who seeks after God.

Verse ConceptsGod Seeing All PeopleNot Seeking GodGod Acts From HeavenFinding LoveGoing To HeavenWorshiping TogetherChild Of GodRacehumanityseeking

Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge,Who eat up My people as though they ate breadAnd have not called upon God?

Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseCalling upon GodPrayer, Practicalities OfCharacter Of WickedEvildoersNot PrayingThose Who Were Ignorant

For He has delivered me from all trouble,And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.

Because of the voice of the enemy,Because of the pressure of the wicked;For they bring down trouble upon meAnd in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Verse ConceptsInsultsEnemy Attacksoppressionpressureharassment

Day and night they go around her upon her walls,And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.

Verse ConceptsWallsWalled TownsLabour Day And NightAbuse

Let death come deceitfully upon them;Let them go down alive to Sheol,For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheSheolNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearWhilst Alivenatural DeathHurt And BetrayalLoss Of A Loved Onesurprises

As for me, I shall call upon God,And the Lord will save me.

Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodAnswered PromisesI PrayGod's Call

For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me;Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

Verse ConceptsMusicThose OppressedAll Day

My foes have trampled upon me all day long,For they are many who fight proudly against me.

Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfMany EnemiesAll DayEnemy Attacksharassment

Your vows are binding upon me, O God;I will render thank offerings to You.

Verse ConceptsVowsRight SacrificesWe Thank God

He will send from heaven and save me;He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah.God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.

Verse ConceptsGod Saving From EnemiesPsalm InterjectionsGod's Truthrebukingharassment

My God in His lovingkindness will meet me;God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes.

Verse ConceptsMeeting GodGod Shows His LovingkindnessGod's Willdevotion

You brought us into the net;You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins.

Verse ConceptsBackMonotonyGod Appointed AfflictionsGod Trappingpressure

For the choir director; with stringed instruments. A Psalm. A Song.God be gracious to us and bless us,And cause His face to shine upon us— Selah.

Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfFace Of GodLight, SpiritualMusicMusical Instruments, types ofDivine FavourGod Giving LightPsalm InterjectionsBlessing OthersVolunteeringSmilinginstrumentsgraciousness

The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands;The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

Verse ConceptsMilitaryChariotsChariots Of GodTwenty Thousand And UpGod RidingHeavenly ChariotsThousands Of Angels Worship God

To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times;Behold, He speaks forth with His voice, a mighty voice.

Verse ConceptsSymbolsThunderPower Of God, ExpressedGod RidingGod's VoiceThunder Showing God's Presence

He rained down manna upon them to eatAnd gave them food from heaven.

Verse ConceptsBread, Figurative Of

When He rained meat upon them like the dust,Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

Verse ConceptsNumerous As DustQuailSand And Gravel

O God of hosts, restore usAnd cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsAfflictions, Prayer DuringRestored JoyShining FacesGod Giving Light

Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManGod's HandGod Strengthening PeopleGod's Hands On PeopleBeing Yourself

Then we shall not turn back from You;Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.

Verse ConceptsRevival, Nature OfSleep, SpiritualRevivingrevival

O Lord God of hosts, restore us;Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

Verse ConceptsGod, Joy OfFace Of GodRestoring NationsGod Giving LightSmiling

Behold our shield, O God,And look upon the face of Your anointed.

Verse ConceptsThe Lord's Anointed

My eye has wasted away because of affliction;I have called upon You every day, O Lord;I have spread out my hands to You.

Verse ConceptsDaily DutyUnceasingEyes HarmedAlways PrayingI Pray

With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp,With resounding music upon the lyre.

Verse ConceptsMusicTen TimesHarpsinstruments

And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes,My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

Verse ConceptsdefeatLooking Intently At PeopleEnemy Attacks

He has brought back their wickedness upon themAnd will destroy them in their evil;The Lord our God will destroy them.

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinDestruction Of The WickedGod Has RequitedGod Makes Evil Reboundwickedness

Moses and Aaron were among His priests,And Samuel was among those who called on His name;They called upon the Lord and He answered them.

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestAnswered PrayerCalling upon GodPrayer, Answers ToGod Answered

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodService To GodNames And Titles For The ChristianGod's Faithfulness

For He looked down from His holy height;From heaven the Lord gazed upon the earth,

Verse ConceptsSanctuaryAcrophobiaGod Seeing All The EarthGod Acts From Heaven

He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters;He makes the clouds His chariot;He walks upon the wings of the wind;

Verse ConceptsChariotsChariots Of GodWingsBeamsGod WalkingGod RidingHeavenly ChariotsGod In The Windclouds

He established the earth upon its foundations,So that it will not totter forever and ever.

Verse ConceptsEarth's FoundationScienceMoving OnMoving To A New PlaceEarth Being Fixed And ImmovableFlat Earth

And He called for a famine upon the land;He broke the whole staff of bread.

Egypt was glad when they departed,For the dread of them had fallen upon them.

Verse ConceptsFearing Other PeopleRejoicing In Relief

Nevertheless He looked upon their distressWhen He heard their cry;

Verse ConceptsCryingGod Paid Attention To Them

He pours contempt upon princesAnd makes them wander in a pathless waste.

Verse ConceptsNoblesRestlessnessWanderers

The cords of death encompassed meAnd the terrors of Sheol came upon me;I found distress and sorrow.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadAgony, DeathdefeatRopesCordsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnxiety, Examples OfAfflicted To Death

Then I called upon the name of the Lord:“O Lord, I beseech You, save my life!”

Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described As

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