75 verses contain “Loin” (in the KJV: 67, in the BSB: 16) — showing 1–75
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And God said unto him, I am God
Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy
loins;
And God told him, “I am God
Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put
sackcloth upon his
loins, and
mourned for his son many days.
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his
loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were
threescore and six;
All those belonging to Jacob who came to Egypt—his direct descendants, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons—numbered sixty-six persons.
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
And thus shall ye eat it; with your
loins girded, your
shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in
haste: it is the LORD’S
passover.
This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your
sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in
haste; it is the LORD’s
Passover.
And thou shalt make them linen
breeches to cover their nakedness; from the
loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from
waist to
thigh.
And the two
kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul above the liver, with the
kidneys, it shall he take away.
both
kidneys with the fat on them near the
loins, and the
lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the
kidneys.
And the two
kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul above the liver, with the
kidneys, it shall he take away.
both
kidneys with the fat on them near the
loins, and the
lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the
kidneys.
And the two
kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul above the liver, with the
kidneys, it shall he take away.
both
kidneys with the fat on them near the
loins, and the
lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the
kidneys.
And the two
kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul above the liver, with the
kidneys, it shall he take away,
both
kidneys with the fat on them near the
loins, and the
lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the
kidneys—
And the two
kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the
caul that is above the liver, with the
kidneys, it shall he take away:
both
kidneys with the fat on them near the
loins, and the
lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the
kidneys.
Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands:
smite through the
loins of them that rise against him, and of them that
hate him, that they rise not again.
Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands.
Smash the
loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”
When they were at the great stone which is in
Gibeon,
Amasa went before them. And
Joab’s garment that he had put on was
girded unto him, and upon it a
girdle with a sword fastened upon his
loins in the
sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
Moreover thou knowest also what
Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto
Abner the son of
Ner, and unto
Amasa the son of Jether, whom he
slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his
girdle that was about his
loins, and in his
shoes that were on his feet.
Moreover, you know what
Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to
Abner son of
Ner and
Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to
avenge the blood of war. He
stained with the blood of war the belt around his
waist and the
sandals on his feet.
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s
waist!
And the hand of the LORD was on
Elijah; and he
girded up his
loins, and ran before
Ahab to the entrance of
Jezreel.
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are
merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put
sackcloth on our
loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel:
peradventure he will save thy life.
Then the servants of Ben-
hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are
merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with
sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will
spare your life.”
So they
girded sackcloth on their
loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-
hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
So with
sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-
hadad says, ‘Please
spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
And they answered him, He was an
hairy man, and
girt with a
girdle of leather about his
loins. And he said, It is
Elijah the Tishbite.
“He was a
hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his
waist.” “It was
Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
Then he said to Gehazi,
Gird up thy
loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man,
salute him not; and if any
salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
So
Elisha said to Gehazi, “
Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet
anyone, do not
greet him, and if
anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
And
Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him,
Gird up thy
loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to
Ramoth-
gilead:
Now
Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “
Tuck your
cloak under your belt, take this
flask of oil, and go to
Ramoth-
gilead.
Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s
waist!
He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their
loins with a
girdle.
He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.
If his
loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the
fleece of my sheep;
if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the
fleece of my sheep,
Gird up now thy
loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Now
brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Gird up thy
loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
“Now
brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
Lo now, his strength is in his
loins, and his force is in the
navel of his
belly.
See the strength of his
loins and the power in the muscles of his
belly.
For my
loins are filled with a
loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst
affliction upon our
loins.
You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
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.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.
None of them grows
weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no
sandal strap is broken.
And righteousness shall be the
girdle of his
loins, and faithfulness the
girdle of his
reins.
Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the
sash around His
waist.
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the
sackcloth from off thy
loins, and put off thy
shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and
barefoot.
the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the
sackcloth from your
waist and the
sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and
barefoot.
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Therefore my body is filled with
anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am
bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and
gird sackcloth upon your
loins.
Thus saith the LORD to his
anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have
holden, to
subdue nations before him; and I will loose the
loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His
anointed, whose right hand I have
grasped to
subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:
Thou therefore
gird up thy
loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I
confound thee before them.
Get
yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be
intimidated by them, or I will
terrify you before them.
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen
girdle, and put it upon thy
loins, and put it not in water.
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and
buy yourself a linen
loincloth and put it around your
waist, but do not let it touch water.”
So I got a
girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my
loins.
So I bought a
loincloth as the LORD had
instructed me, and I put it around my
waist.
Take the
girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy
loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock.
“Take the
loincloth that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to Perath and hide it there in a
crevice of the rocks.”
And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the
girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there.
Many days later the LORD said to me, “Arise, go to Perath, and get the loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.”
Then I went to Euphrates, and
digged, and took the
girdle from the place where I had
hid it: and, behold, the
girdle was
marred, it was profitable for nothing.
So I went to Perath and
dug up the
loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this
girdle, which is good for nothing.
These evil people, who refuse to
listen to My words, who follow the
stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this
loincloth—of no use at all.
For as the
girdle cleaveth to the
loins of a man, so have I caused to
cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
For just as a
loincloth clings to a man’s
waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah
cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My
renown and praise and glory. But they did not
listen.
Ask ye now, and see whether a man
doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his
loins, as a woman in
travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
And I saw as the colour of
amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his
loins even upward, and from the appearance of his
loins even
downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
From what seemed to be His
waist up, I saw a
gleam like
amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His
waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.
Then I
beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his
loins even
downward, fire; and from his
loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of
amber.
Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His
waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His
waist up He was as bright as the
gleam of
amber.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy
loins; and with bitterness
sigh before their eyes.
But you, son of man,
groan!
Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
Girded with girdles upon their
loins, exceeding in
dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of
Chaldea, the land of their
nativity:
wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in
Chaldea, the land of their birth.
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou
didst break, and
rend all their shoulder: and when they
leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their
loins to be at a stand.
When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you
splintered,
tearing all their shoulders; when they
leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were
wrenched.
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen
breeches upon their
loins; they shall not
gird themselves with any thing that causeth
sweat.
They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them
perspire.
Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through
knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through
waist-deep water.
Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his
loins were loosed, and his knees
smote one against another.
his face grew pale and his thoughts so
alarmed him that his hips gave way and his knees
knocked together.
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose
loins were
girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his
waist.
And I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up
sackcloth upon all
loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the
mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the
munition, watch the way, make thy
loins strong,
fortify thy power
mightily.
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees
smite together, and much pain is in all
loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
And the same John had his
raiment of
camel’s hair, and a
leathern girdle about his
loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
John
wore a garment of
camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his
waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
And John was clothed with
camel’s hair, and with a
girdle of a skin about his
loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
John was clothed in
camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his
waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Let your
loins be
girded about, and your lights burning;
Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had
sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his
loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
Stand therefore, having your
loins girt about with truth, and having on the
breastplate of righteousness;
And
verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take
tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the
loins of Abraham:
Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.
For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
Wherefore
gird up the
loins of your mind, be
sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be
sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Both they, and their wives and their children, and their cattle, and every stranger and
hireling, and their servants bought with money, put
sackcloth upon their
loins.
And Joacim the high priest, and all the priests that stood before the Lord, and they which ministered unto the Lord, had their
loins girt with
sackcloth, and offered the daily burnt offerings, with the vows and free gifts of the people,
And she made her a tent upon the top of her house, and put on
sackcloth upon her
loins and ware her widow’s
apparel.
For the Lord will not be
slack, neither will the Mighty be patient toward them, till he have
smitten in
sunder the
loins of the
unmerciful, and repayed
vengeance to the heathen; till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the
sceptre of the unrighteous;
Thou
didst bow thy
loins unto women, and by thy body thou
wast brought into subjection.
But when he drew near, they that were with Maccabeus turned themselves to pray unto God, and
sprinkled earth upon their heads, and
girded their
loins with
sackcloth,
