Bible: “Bent” – SG Heritage Dictionary

31 verses contain “Bent” (in the KJV: 9, in the BSB: 28) — showing 1–31

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And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

Exodus 10:10

And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.

Joshua 15:9

And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:

From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

1 Kings 18:42

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,

So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.

Psalms 7:12

If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

Psalms 37:14

The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

Psalms 38:6

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

Psalms 44:16

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

Psalms 69:23

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

Psalms 89:43

Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.

You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

Psalms 106:43

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.

Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

Proverbs 16:30

He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.

Ecclesiastes 7:13

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

Isaiah 5:28

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

Isaiah 21:15

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

For they flee from the sword— the sword that is drawn— from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

Isaiah 51:13

And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?

Lamentations 2:4

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.

Lamentations 3:12

He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.

Ezekiel 17:7

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.

Ezekiel 22:9

In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

Daniel 11:27

And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.

Hosea 11:4

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

Hosea 11:7

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

Habakkuk 1:9

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.

Zechariah 9:13

When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

John 8:6

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.

John 8:8

And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.

John 20:5

And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.

He bent down and looked in at the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in.

John 20:11

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,

Romans 11:10

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

2 Maccabees 13:23

Heard that Philip, who was left over the affairs in Antioch, was desperately bent, confounded, intreated the Jews, submitted himself, and sware to all equal conditions, agreed with them, and offered sacrifice, honoured the temple, and dealt kindly with the place,