42 verses contain “Lover” (in the KJV: 34, in the BSB: 30) — showing 1–42
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And
Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had
anointed him king in the room of his father: for
Hiram was ever a
lover of David.
Now when
Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been
anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for
Hiram had always been a friend of David.
Also he built towers in the desert, and
digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains:
husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in
Carmel: for he loved
husbandry.
Since he had much
livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and
dug many cisterns. And since he was a
lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
My beloved and friends
shun my disease, and my
kinsmen stand at a distance.
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest
carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
So now hear this, O
lover of
luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly
polluted? but thou hast played the
harlot with many
lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely
defiled? But you have played the
harlot with many
lovers— and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been
lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast
polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been
violated? You sat beside the
highways waiting for your
lovers, like a
nomad in the desert. You have
defiled the land with your
prostitution and wickedness.
And when thou art
spoiled, what
wilt thou do? Though thou clothest
thyself with
crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make
thyself fair; thy
lovers will
despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Go up to
Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in
Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy
lovers are destroyed.
Go up to
Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in
Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your
lovers have been
crushed.
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy
lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be
ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
The wind will drive away all your
shepherds, and your
lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be
ashamed and
humiliated because of all your wickedness.
All thy
lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the
chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.
She weepeth
sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her
lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt
treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
She weeps
aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her
lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have
betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
I called for my
lovers, but they
deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to
relieve their souls.
I called out to my
lovers, but they have
betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy
lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy
whoredom.
Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your
lovers. You
bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your
illicit favors.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy
filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy
lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou
didst give unto them;
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your
promiscuity with your
lovers and with all your
detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
Behold, therefore I will gather all thy
lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast
hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
therefore I will surely gather all the
lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you
hated. I will gather them against you from all around and
expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
Then I will deliver you into the hands of your
lovers, and they will level your mounds and
tear down your lofty shrines. They will strip off your clothes, take your fine
jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and
execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the
harlot, and thou also shalt give no
hire any more.
Then they will burn down your houses and
execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your
prostitution, and you will never again pay your
lovers.
And Aholah played the
harlot when she was mine; and she
doted on her
lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
Oholah
prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She
lusted after her
lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her
lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she
doted.
Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her
lovers, the Assyrians for whom she
lusted.
For she
doted upon their
paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of
asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Therefore, O
Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy
lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is
alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will
incite your
lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in
disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—
For their mother hath played the
harlot: she that conceived them hath done
shamefully: for she said, I will go after my
lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
For their mother has played the
harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my
lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
And now will I discover her
lewdness in the sight of her
lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
And then I will
expose her
lewdness in the sight of her
lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees,
whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my
lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her
lovers. So I will make them into a
thicket, and the beasts of the field will
devour them.
And I will visit upon her the days of
Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her
lovers, and
forgat me, saith the LORD.
I will
punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and
jewelry, and went after her
lovers. But Me she
forgot,” declares the LORD.
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild
ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath
hired lovers.
For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild
donkey on its own. Ephraim has
hired lovers.
The
Pharisees, who were
lovers of money, heard all of this and were
scoffing at Jesus.
Traitors,
heady, highminded,
lovers of pleasures more than
lovers of God;
But we thy people, whom thou hast called thy
firstborn, thy only
begotten, and thy
fervent lover, are given into their hands.
Woe be unto thee, thou
wretch, because thou hast made
thyself like unto her; and hast decked thy daughters in
whoredom, that they might please and glory in thy
lovers, which have always desired to commit
whoredom with thee.
Thou shalt be
weakened as a poor woman with stripes, and as one
chastised with wounds, so that the mighty and
lovers shall not be able to receive thee.
I loved her, and sought her out from my youth, I desired to make her my
spouse, and I was a
lover of her beauty.
For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and a lover of his works.
But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.
Both they that make them, they that desire them, and they that worship them, are lovers of evil things, and are worthy to have such things to trust upon.
Now was there accused unto Nicanor one Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, a lover of his countrymen, and a man of very good report, who for his kindness was called a father of the Jews.
Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremias the prophet of God.