102 verses contain “Seize” (in the KJV: 7, in the BSB: 98) — showing 1–100
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The four kings
seized all the goods of
Sodom and
Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.
And Abraham reproved
Abimelech because of a well of water, which
Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
Then the dukes of
Edom shall be
amazed; the mighty men of Moab,
trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of
Canaan shall
melt away.
Then the chiefs of
Edom will be dismayed;
trembling will
seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in
Canaan will
melt away,
If a man find a
damsel that is a virgin, which is not
betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
If a man encounters a virgin who is not
pledged in marriage, and he
seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
Then ye shall rise up from the
ambush, and
seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
you are to rise from the
ambush and
seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him,
seized him, and cut off his thumbs and
big toes.
And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and
seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow
anyone to cross over.
And
Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and
seize the waters of the Jordan
ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
And the king of the children of
Ammon answered unto the messengers of
Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from
Arnon even unto
Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again
peaceably.
The king of the
Ammonites answered
Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they
seized my land, from the
Arnon to the
Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it
peaceably.”
Then said they unto him, Say now
Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to
pronounce it right. Then they took him, and
slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
they told him, “Please say
Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not
pronounce it correctly, they
seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
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.
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
And he said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and
slay me: for
anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
Then he
begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for
agony has
seized me, but my life still lingers.’
And
Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But
Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good
tidings, I took hold of him, and
slew him in
Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his
tidings:
when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I
seized him and put him to death at
Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!
And it came to pass, when king
Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had
cried against the altar in
Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
Now when King
Jeroboam, who was at the altar in
Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had
cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “
Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him
withered, so that he could not pull it back.
And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
And
Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of
Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and
Elijah brought them down to the
brook Kishon, and
slew them there.
Then
Elijah ordered them, “
Seize the prophets of
Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they
seized them, and
Elijah brought them down to the
Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to
morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that
whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
But about this time
tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will
seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs
licked the blood of
Naboth shall dogs
lick thy blood, even thine.
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and
seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs
licked up the blood of
Naboth, there also the dogs will
lick up your blood—
yes, yours!’”
And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.
So they
seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of
asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
They
seized the
livestock of the Hagrites—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000
donkeys. They also took 100,000
captives,
So
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
So King
Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and
seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.
So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s house, they
slew her there.
So they
seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate to the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
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.
I was at ease, but he hath broken me
asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and
shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
The
gin shall take him by the
heel, and the
robber shall prevail against him.
Because he hath
oppressed and hath
forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
They
pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a
pledge of the poor.
The fatherless infant is
snatched from the breast; the
nursing child of the poor is
seized for a debt.
By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the
collar of my coat.
With great force He grasps my garment; He
seizes me by the
collar of my
tunic.
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
But now you are
laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have
seized you.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he
doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
He lies in wait like a lion in a
thicket; he lurks to
seize the
oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that
hate thee.
Your hand will
apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will
seize those who
hate You.
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in
travail.
Let death
seize upon them, and let them go down quick into
hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Let death
seize them by surprise; let them go down to
Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
Saying, God hath
forsaken him:
persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
saying, “God has
forsaken him; pursue him and
seize him, for there is no one to
rescue him.”
Let the
extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers
spoil his labour.
May the
creditor seize all he owns, and strangers
plunder the fruits of his labor.
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
So she caught him, and
kissed him, and with an
impudent face said unto him,
She
seizes him and kisses him; she
brazenly says to him:
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
A man will
seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a
cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this
heap of
rubble.”
Their
roaring shall be like a lion, they shall
roar like young lions:
yea, they shall
roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Their
roaring is like that of a lion; they
roar like young lions. They
growl and
seize their prey; they carry it away from
deliverance.
I will send him against an
hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the
spoil, and to take the prey, and to
tread them down like the
mire of the streets.
I will send him against a godless nation; I will
dispatch him against a people destined for My
rage, to take spoils and
seize plunder, and to
trample them down like clay in the streets.
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose
graven images did
excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
As my hand
seized the
idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or
peeped.
My hand reached as into a nest to
seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing
fluttered, no
beak opened or
chirped.’”
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be
amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Terror, pain, and
anguish will
seize them; they will
writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces
flushed with fear.
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall
spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will
plunder them,
seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.
Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people
seized him,
shouting, “You must surely die!
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take
Baruch the
scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD
hid them.
Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to
seize Baruch the
scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you
yourself will not escape their
grasp, for you will be
seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook
Zedekiah in the plains of
Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of
Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook
Zedekiah in the plains of
Jericho. They
seized him and brought him up to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to
flee, and fear hath
seized on her:
anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in
travail.
Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to
flee.
Panic has gripped her;
anguish and pain have
seized her like a woman in labor.
And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are
affrighted.
The fords have been
seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are
terrified.”
How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an
astonishment among the nations!
How Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been
seized. What a
horror Babylon has become among the nations!
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of
Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
The Chaldeans
seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on
Zedekiah.
The
adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou
didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
The
adversary has
seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
There is a
conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a
roaring lion
ravening the prey; they have
devoured souls; they have taken the
treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
The
conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a
roaring lion
tearing its prey. They
devour the people,
seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and
slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
They exposed her nakedness,
seized her sons and daughters, and put her to the sword. Thus she became a
byword among women, and they executed judgment against her.
And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal
furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy
remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be
devoured by the fire.
And I will set My
jealous rage against you, and they will deal with you in
fury. They will cut off your noses and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will
seize your sons and daughters, and your
remnant will be consumed by fire.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her
spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth,
seize its
spoil, and remove its
plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
To take a
spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the
desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have
gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
in order to
seize the
spoil and carry off the
plunder, to turn a hand against the
desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired
livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of
Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a
spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great
spoil?
Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of
Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the
plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away
loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to
seize great
spoil?’
And in his estate shall stand up a
vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in
peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by
flatteries.
In his place a
despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and
seize the kingdom by
intrigue.
It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be
ashamed of his own counsel.
Yes, it will be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim will be
seized with shame; Israel will be
ashamed of its wooden idols.
And though they hide themselves in the top of
Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be
hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall
bite them:
Though they hide themselves
atop Carmel, there I will
track them and
seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to
bite them.
And they
covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they
oppress a man and his house, even a man and his
heritage.
They
covet fields and
seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and
hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans— that
ruthless and
impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to
seize dwellings not their own.
And they shall
scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a
scorn unto them: they shall
deride every strong hold; for they shall
heap dust, and take it.
They
scoff at kings and make rulers an object of
scorn. They
laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to
seize it.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great
tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
On that day a great
panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will
seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.
And the
husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
But when the
husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us
seize on his inheritance.
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
And they caught him, and cast him out of the
vineyard, and
slew him.
So they
seized him and threw him out of the
vineyard and killed him.
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
“Friend,” Jesus replied, “do what you came for.” Then the men
stepped forward,
seized Jesus, and arrested Him.
And
wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”
And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the
vineyard.
So they
seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the
vineyard.
And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
Then the men seized Jesus and arrested Him.
(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For
oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in
fetters; and he
brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had
seized him, and though he was bound with chains and
shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the
demon into solitary places.
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and
persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
But before all this, they will
seize you and
persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed
afar off.
Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a
Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
As the soldiers led Him away, they
seized Simon of
Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
At this, they tried again to
seize Him, but He escaped their
grasp.
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now
eventide.
They
seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in
custody until the next day.
And they
stirred up the people, and the elders, and the
scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of
unleavened bread.)
And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to
seize Peter during the Feast of
Unleavened Bread.
And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and
Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
When the
girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they
seized Paul and
Silas and
dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the
synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And
Gallio cared for none of those things.
At this, the crowd
seized Sosthenes the
synagogue leader and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But none of this was of
concern to
Gallio.
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple,
stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They
stirred up the whole crowd and
seized him,
And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and
forthwith the doors were shut.
The whole city was
stirred up, and the people
rushed together. They
seized Paul and
dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and
rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
This man was
seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to
rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,
Who also hath gone about to
profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
and he even tried to
desecrate the temple; so we
seized him.
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
There hath no
temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
No
temptation has
seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be
tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are
tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
And he laid hold on the
dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and
Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
He
seized the
dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and
Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.