410 verses contain “Night” (in the KJV: 374, in the BSB: 320) — showing 101–200
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And the old man said, Peace be with thee;
howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only
lodge not in the street.
“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not
spend the
night in the square.”
But the men would not
hearken to him: so the man took his
concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and
abused her all the
night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
But the men would not
listen to him. So the
Levite took his
concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and
abused her throughout the
night, and at
dawn they let her go.
And the
Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my
concubine, to
lodge.
So the
Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my
concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to
spend the
night.
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and
beset the house round about upon me by
night, and thought to have slain me: and my
concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
And during the
night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they
abused my
concubine, and she died.
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband
tonight and to bear sons,
And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou
wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to
night in the threshingfloor.
Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact,
tonight he is
winnowing barley on the
threshing floor.
Tarry this
night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a
kinsman, well; let him do the
kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a
kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a
kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
Stay here
tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to
redeem you, good. Let him
redeem you. But if he does not want to
redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
And Saul said,
Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me
hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and
slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that
night, and
slew them there.
Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that
night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by
night, and
spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do
whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near
hither unto God.
And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by
night and
plunder them until
dawn, leaving no man alive!” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied. But the priest said, “We must
consult God here.”
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it
grieved Samuel; and he
cried unto the LORD all
night.
“I
regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and
cried out to the LORD all that
night.
Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
“Stop!”
exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last
night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.
And Saul sought to
smite David even to the wall with the
javelin; but he
slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he
smote the
javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that
night.
Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his
spear. But the
spear struck the wall and David
eluded him, ran away, and escaped that
night.
Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to
slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to
night, to
morrow thou shalt be slain.
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal
warned him, “If you do not run for your life
tonight,
tomorrow you will be dead!”
And he stript off his clothes also, and
prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that
night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
Then Saul
stripped off his robes and also
prophesied before Samuel. And he
collapsed and lay naked all that day and
night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
They were a wall around us, both day and
night, the whole time we were
herding our sheep near them.
So David and
Abishai came to the people by
night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the
trench, and his
spear stuck in the ground at his
bolster: but
Abner and the people lay round about him.
That
night David and
Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there
asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his
spear stuck in the ground by his head. And
Abner and the troops were lying around him.
And Saul
disguised himself, and put on other
raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by
night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
So Saul
disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at
night, and Saul said, “
Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
Then Saul fell
straightway all along on the earth, and was
sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the
night.
Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground,
terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and
night.
And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
She served it to Saul and his servants, and they
ate. And that
night they got up and left.
And they gave him a piece of a
cake of figs, and two clusters of
raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor
drunk any water, three days and three
nights.
a piece of a fig
cake and two clusters of
raisins. So he
ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three
nights.
All the
valiant men arose, and went all
night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to
Jabesh, and burnt them there.
all their men of
valor set out, journeyed all
night, and
retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at
Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
And
Abner and his men walked all that
night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to
Mahanaim.
And all that
night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, marched all morning, and arrived at
Mahanaim.
And they took up
Asahel, and buried him in the
sepulchre of his father, which was in
Bethlehem. And
Joab and his men went all
night, and they came to
Hebron at break of day.
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his
bedchamber, and they
smote him, and
slew him, and
beheaded him, and took his head, and
gat them away through the plain all
night.
They had entered the house while
Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having
stabbed and killed him, they
beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all
night by way of the Arabah.
And it came to pass that
night, that the word of the LORD came unto
Nathan, saying,
But that
night the word of the LORD came to
Nathan, saying,
David therefore
besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all
night upon the earth.
David
pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the
night lying in
sackcloth on the ground.
Moreover
Ahithophel said unto
Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this
night:
For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be
chafed in their minds, as a bear
robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not
lodge with the people.
He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear
robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not
spend the
night with the troops.
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying,
Lodge not this
night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be
swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not
spend the
night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over. Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be
swallowed up.’”
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak
comfortably unto thy servants: for I
swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not
tarry one with thee this
night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that
befell thee from thy youth until now.
Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I
swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you
tonight. This will be worse for you than all the
adversity that has
befallen you from your youth until now!”
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took
sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by
night.
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took
sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by
night.
In
Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by
night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
One
night at
Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.
So she got up in the middle of the
night and took my son from my side while I was
asleep. She laid him in her
bosom and put her dead son at my
bosom.
That thine eyes may be open toward this house
night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest
hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
And let these my words,
wherewith I have made
supplication before the LORD, be
nigh unto the LORD our God day and
night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and
night, so that He may
uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty
nights unto
Horeb the mount of God.
So he got up and
ate and
drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty
nights until he reached
Horeb, the mountain of God.
And he came thither unto a cave, and
lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here,
Elijah?
There
Elijah entered a cave and spent the
night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here,
Elijah?”
Therefore sent he thither horses, and
chariots, and a great host: and they came by
night, and compassed the city about.
the king of
Aram sent horses,
chariots, and a great army. They went there by
night and surrounded the city.
And the king arose in the
night, and said unto his servants, I will now
shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be
hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
So the king got up in the
night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are
starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
So
Joram went over to Zair, and all the
chariots with him: and he rose by
night, and
smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the
chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his
chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his
chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by
night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
And it came to pass that
night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and
smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred
fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
And they
lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning
pertained to them.
They would
spend the
night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
Those who were musicians, the heads of
Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were
exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and
night.
And it came to pass the same
night, that the word of God came to
Nathan, saying,
But that
night the word of God came to
Nathan, saying,
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and
night, upon the place
whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to
hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.
Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his
chariots with him: and he rose up by
night, and
smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the
chariots.
So Jehoram crossed into
Edom with his officers and all his
chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his
chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by
night.
And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were
busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until
night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
Afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, since the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering up burnt offerings and fat until
nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
Let thine ear now be
attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and
night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and
confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have
sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have
sinned.
let Your eyes be open and Your ears
attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and
night for Your servants, the Israelites. I
confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have
sinned.
And I arose in the
night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I
rode upon.
I set out at
night with a few men. I did not tell
anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
And I went out by
night by the gate of the valley, even before the
dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
So I went out at
night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I
inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Then went I up in the
night by the
brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
so I went up the valley by
night and
inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant
lodge within Jerusalem, that in the
night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant
spend the
night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by
night and work by day.”
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to
slay thee;
yea, in the
night will they come to
slay thee.
Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you— by night they are coming to kill you!”
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a
cloudy pillar; and in the
night by a
pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
You led them with a
pillar of cloud by day and a
pillar of fire by
night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
Yet thou in thy
manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the
pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the
pillar of fire by
night, to
shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
You in Your great
compassion did not
forsake them in the wilderness. By day the
pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the
night the
pillar of fire
illuminated the way they should go.
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in
Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days,
night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
“Go and
assemble all the Jews who can be found in
Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days,
night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
“May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.
Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
Behold, may that night be barren; may no joyful voice come into it.
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s
womb, nor
hid sorrow from mine eyes.
For that
night did not shut the doors of the
womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and
wearisome nights are appointed to me.
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the
night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and
fro unto the
dawning of the day.
When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the
night drags on, and I
toss and turn until
dawn.
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found:
yea, he shall be
chased away as a vision of the
night.
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be
chased away like a vision in the
night.
They cause the naked to
lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Without clothing, they
spend the
night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and
needy, and in the
night is as a
thief.
When
daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and
needy; in the
night he is like a
thief.
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.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a
tempest stealeth him away in the
night.
Terrors overtake him like a flood; a
tempest sweeps him away in the
night.
My root was spread out by the waters, and the
dew lay all
night upon my branch.
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the
dew will rest
nightly on my branches.
For want and famine they were solitary;
fleeing into the wilderness in former time
desolate and waste.
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
Night pierces my bones, and my
gnawing pains never rest.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
In a dream, in a vision in the
night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they
slumber on their beds,
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at
midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
They die in an instant, in the middle of the
night. The people
convulse and pass away; the mighty are removed without human hand.
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the
night and they are
crushed.
But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Do not long for the
night, when people
vanish from their homes.
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your
manger at
night?
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law
doth he
meditate day and
night.
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
I will
bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my
reins also
instruct me in the
night seasons.
I will
bless the LORD who counsels me; even at
night my conscience instructs me.
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the
night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not
transgress.
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after
night they
reveal knowledge.
O my God, I cry in the
daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the
night season, and am not silent.
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:
weeping may
endure for a
night, but joy cometh in the morning.
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime.
Weeping may stay the
night, but joy comes in the morning.
For day and
night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the
drought of summer.
Selah.
For day and
night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat.
Selah My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the
daytime, and in the
night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Day and
night they
encircle the walls, while
malice and trouble lie within.
Evening, and morning, and at
noon, will I pray, and cry
aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Morning,
noon, and
night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
When I remember thee upon my bed, and
meditate on thee in the
night watches.
When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.