7 occurrences

'Welfare' in the Bible

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

Verse ConceptsLiving On

And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him: and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingBowingGreetingsKissingKissesSpoken Greetings

And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

Verse ConceptsGreetings

And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahCharacter Of WickedEnvy, Example OfMalice, Examples OfThe Ungodly Suffering

Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour

For who will have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who will bemoan thee? or who will turn aside to ask of thy welfare?

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfPeople Without MercyFathers Loving Carepotential

Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceBlameKilling ProphetsSeeking The Welfare

Bible Theasaurus

Benefit (115 instances)
Welfare (50 instances)
Well-Being (37 instances)

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