168 verses contain “Bound” (in the KJV: 124, in the BSB: 105) — showing 1–100
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And there came one that had escaped, and told
Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of
Mamre the Amorite, brother of
Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were
confederate with
Abram.
Then an escapee came and reported this to
Abram the Hebrew. Now
Abram was living near the Oaks of
Mamre the Amorite, a brother of
Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were
bound by treaty to
Abram.
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He
bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar,
atop the wood.
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near
Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the
boundaries of the field were deeded over
And it came to pass, when she
travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the
midwife took and
bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first,
And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the
midwife took a scarlet thread and
tied it around his
wrist. “This one came out first,” she
announced.
And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the
butler and the
baker of the king of Egypt, which were
bound in the prison.
both of these men—the Egyptian king’s
cupbearer and
baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
If you are
honest, leave one of your brothers in
custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to
relieve the hunger of your households.
And he turned himself about from them, and
wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them
Simeon, and
bound him before their eyes.
And he turned away from them and
wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took
Simeon from them and had him
bound before their eyes.
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the
lad be not with us; seeing that his life is
bound up in the
lad’s life;
So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is
wrapped up in the boy’s life,
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost
bound of the
everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the
bounty of the
everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the
brow of the prince of his brothers.
And the people took their
dough before it was
leavened, their kneadingtroughs being
bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
And thou shalt set
bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take
heed to
yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it:
whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
And you are to set up a
boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base.
Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount
Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set
bounds about the mount, and
sanctify it.
But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount
Sinai, for You solemnly
warned us, ‘Put a
boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
and any open container without a
lid fastened on it is unclean.
And her father hear her
vow, and her bond
wherewith she hath
bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond
wherewith she hath
bound her soul shall stand.
and her father hears about her
vow or
pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has
bound herself shall stand.
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds
wherewith she hath
bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall
forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has
bound herself shall stand. The LORD will
absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
And if she had at all an husband, when she
vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips,
wherewith she
bound her soul;
If a woman marries while under a
vow or
rash promise by which she has
bound herself,
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds
wherewith she
bound her soul shall stand.
and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her
vow which she
vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips,
wherewith she
bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall
forgive her.
But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the
vow that binds her or the
rash promise she has made, and the LORD will
absolve her.
But every
vow of a widow, and of her that is
divorced,
wherewith they have
bound their souls, shall stand against her.
And if she
vowed in her husband’s house, or
bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
If a woman in her husband’s house has made a
vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond
wherewith she
bound her soul shall stand.
and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not
prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has
bound herself shall stand.
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of
Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of
Canaan with the coasts thereof:)
“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of
Canaan, it will be
allotted to you as an inheritance with these
boundaries:
And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s
landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt
inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
You must not move your
neighbor’s
boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
‘
Cursed is he who moves his
neighbor’s
boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
And the men said unto her, We will be
blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us
swear.
The men said to her, “We will not be
bound by this oath you made us
swear And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
“Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she
tied the scarlet cord in the window.
They did work
wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their
asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and
bound up;
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of
Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the
uttermost part of the south coast.
Now the
allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of
Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern
boundary:
And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.
And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
“No,” they answered, “we will not kill you, but we will
tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they
bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.
So
Delilah said to
Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be
tied up and subdued.”
Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she
tied him up with them.
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and
bound him
therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee,
Samson. And there were liers in wait
abiding in the chamber. And he
brake them from off his arms like a thread.
So
Delilah took new ropes,
tied him up with them, and called out, “
Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he
snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.
And
Delilah said unto
Samson, Hitherto thou hast
mocked me, and told me lies: tell me
wherewith thou mightest be
bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
Then
Delilah said to
Samson, “You have
mocked me and
lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be
tied up.” He told her, “If you
weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a
loom and
tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to
Gaza, and
bound him with
fetters of brass; and he did
grind in the prison house.
Then the Philistines seized him,
gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to
Gaza, where he was
bound with bronze
shackles and forced to
grind grain in the prison.
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying,
Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were
faint.
Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father
bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘
Cursed is the man who eats food
today.’ That is why the people are
faint.”
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be
bound in the
bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he
sling out, as out of the middle of a
sling.
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be
bound securely by the LORD your God in the
bundle of the living. But He shall
fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a
sling.
Thy hands were not
bound, nor thy feet put into
fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people
wept again over him.
Your hands were not
bound, your feet were not
fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people
wept over him even more.
And
Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and
bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
But
Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he
tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them
ahead of Gehazi.
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of
Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant
Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of
Gath-hepher.
This
Jeroboam restored the
boundary of Israel from Lebo-
hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant
Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from
Gath-hepher.
And the king of Assyria found
conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and
bound him in prison.
But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had
conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
And they
slew the sons of
Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of
Zedekiah, and
bound him with
fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
And they slaughtered the sons of
Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes,
bound him with bronze
shackles, and took him to Babylon.
Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took
Manasseh among the thorns, and
bound him with
fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured
Manasseh, put a hook in his nose,
bound him with bronze
shackles, and took him to Babylon.
For there were many in Judah
sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.
For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
the Jews
bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to
celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my
leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
You have
bound me, and it has become a witness; my
frailty rises up and testifies against me.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Men move
boundary stones; they pasture
stolen flocks.
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
He has inscribed a horizon on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness.
And if men are
bound with chains, caught in cords of
affliction,
And
brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
yea, I have a goodly
heritage.
The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are
bound with chains: but the
rebellious dwell in a dry land.
God settles the
lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the
rebellious dwell in a sun-
scorched land.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
You set all the boundaries of the earth; You made the summer and winter.
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being
bound in
affliction and iron;
Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in
affliction and chains,
He goeth after her
straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a
fool to the correction of the stocks;
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer
bounding into a
trap,
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
when He set a
boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not
surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but He protects the boundaries of the widow.
Foolishness is
bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Foolishness is
bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Remove not the ancient
landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
Remove not the old
landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Do not move an ancient
boundary stone or
encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has
bound up the waters in His
cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh
leaping upon the mountains,
skipping upon the hills.
Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither
bound up, neither
mollified with
ointment.
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and
festering sores neither
cleansed nor
bandaged nor
soothed with oil.
For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am
prudent: and I have removed the
bounds of the people, and have
robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a
valiant man:
For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am
clever. I have removed the
boundaries of nations and
plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath
anointed me to
preach good
tidings unto the
meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are
bound;
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has
anointed Me to
preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the
captives and freedom to the prisoners,
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not
tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the
bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof
toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they
roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not
tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the
boundary for the sea, an
enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves
surge, but they cannot prevail. They
roar but cannot cross it.
There is none to
plead thy cause, that thou mayest be
bound up: thou hast no
healing medicines.
There is no one to
plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
Moreover he put out
Zedekiah’s eyes, and
bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
Then he put out
Zedekiah’s eyes and
bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from
Ramah, when he had taken him being
bound in chains among all that were carried away
captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away
captive unto Babylon.
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at
Ramah, having found him
bound in chains among all the
captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
Then he put out the eyes of
Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon
bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
Then he put out
Zedekiah’s eyes,
bound him with bronze
shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in
custody until his dying day.
The yoke of my transgressions is
bound by his hand: they are
wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
My transgressions are
bound into a yoke,
knit together by His hand; they are
draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot
withstand.
But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
And you, son of man, they will
tie with ropes, and you will be
bound so that you cannot go out among the people.
These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and
broidered work, and in chests of rich
apparel,
bound with cords, and made of
cedar, among thy
merchandise.
In your marketplace they traded with you fine garments of blue,
embroidered work, and multicolored rugs with cords
tightly twisted and
knotted.
Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be
bound up to be
healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been
bound up for
healing, or
splinted for strength to hold the sword.
The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye
healed that which was sick, neither have ye
bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
You have not strengthened the weak,
healed the sick,
bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the
oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the
oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
Now the prince will have the area bordering each side of the area formed by the holy district and the property of the city, extending westward from the western side and eastward from the eastern side, running
lengthwise from the western
boundary to the eastern
boundary and parallel to one of the
tribal portions.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall
inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.
And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
This shall be the boundary of the land:
And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of
Hamath. And this is the north side.
So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of
Hamath to the north. This will be the northern
boundary.
And the east side ye shall measure from
Hauran, and from Damascus, and from
Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
On the east side the border will run between
Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between
Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Eastern Sea and as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern
boundary.
And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of
strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the
Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern
boundary.
The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against
Hamath. This is the west side.
And on the west side, the Great Sea will be the
boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-
hamath. This will be the western
boundary.
Then these men were
bound in their coats, their
hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning
fiery furnace.
So they were
tied up, wearing robes,
trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and they were thrown into the
blazing fiery furnace.
And these three men,
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego, fell down
bound into the midst of the burning
fiery furnace.
Then
Nebuchadnezzar the king was
astonied, and rose up in
haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men
bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
Suddenly King
Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in
amazement and asked his advisers, “Did we not throw three men, firmly
bound, into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they replied.
The wind hath
bound her up in her wings, and they shall be
ashamed because of their sacrifices.
The
whirlwind has
wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
The princes of Judah are like those who move
boundary stones; I will pour out My
fury upon them like water.