1,451 verses contain “Set” (in the KJV: 903, in the BSB: 850) — showing 801–900
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Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood:
Which executeth judgment for the
oppressed: which giveth food to the
hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
He executes justice for the
oppressed and gives food to the
hungry. The LORD
sets the prisoners free,
My son, walk not thou in the way with them;
refrain thy foot from their path:
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
But ye have
set at
nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
She will
set a
garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
I was
set up from
everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
From
everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
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.
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Remove not the ancient
landmark, which thy fathers have
set.
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider
diligently what is before thee:
When you sit down to
dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is
set before you,
Wilt thou
set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
When you
glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and
flies like an eagle to the sky.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be
weary of thee, and so
hate thee.
The fear of man bringeth a
snare: but
whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
The fear of man is a
snare, but
whoever trusts in the LORD is
set securely on high.
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
The sun rises and the sun
sets; it
hurries back to where it rises.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this
sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised
therewith.
And I
set my mind to seek and
explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is
vexation of spirit.
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also
set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot
fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
Be not
hasty in thy spirit to be
angry: for anger resteth in the
bosom of fools.
Do not be quickly
provoked in your spirit, for anger
settles in the
lap of a
fool.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of
adversity consider: God also hath
set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
In the day of prosperity, be joyful, but in the day of
adversity, consider this: God has made one of these along with the other, so that a man cannot discover anything that will come after him.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge;
yea, he gave good
heed, and sought out, and
set in order many
proverbs.
Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he
pondered, searched out, and arranged many
proverbs.
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
His hands are as gold rings
set with the
beryl: his
belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
His arms are rods of gold
set with
beryl. His body is an ivory
panel bedecked with sapphires.
His legs are as pillars of marble,
set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as
Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
His legs are pillars of marble
set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like
Lebanon, as
majestic as the cedars.
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the
chariots of Amminadib.
Before I realized it, my desire had
set me among the royal
chariots of my people.
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most
vehement flame.
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as
unrelenting as
Sheol. Its sparks are
fiery flames, the fiercest
blaze of all.
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be
stink; and instead of a
girdle a rent; and instead of well
set hair
baldness; and instead of a stomacher a
girding of
sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Instead of
fragrance there will be a
stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair,
baldness; instead of fine clothing,
sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
Let us go up against Judah, and
vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and
set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
‘Let us
invade Judah,
terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can
install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the
desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.
Therefore the LORD shall
set up the
adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall
set his hand again the second time to recover the
remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from
Cush, and from
Elam, and from
Shinar, and from
Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the
remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from
Cush, from
Elam, from
Shinar, from
Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
And he shall
set up an
ensign for the nations, and shall
assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the
dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
He will raise a
banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the
shepherds make their fold there.
She will never be inhabited or
settled from generation to generation; no
nomad will pitch his tent there, no
shepherd will rest his flock there.
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and
set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall
cleave to the house of Jacob.
For the LORD will have
compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and
settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you
cultivate delightful plots and
set out cuttings from
exotic vines—
And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
“So I will
incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother,
neighbor against
neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go,
set a
watchman, let him declare what he
seeth.
For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a
lookout and have him report what he sees.
And he
cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the
watchtower in the
daytime, and I am
set in my ward whole nights:
For it is a day of trouble, and of
treading down, and of
perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
For the Lord GOD of Hosts has
set a day of
tumult and
trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of
chariots, and the
horsemen shall
set themselves in
array at the gate.
Your choicest valleys are full of
chariots, and
horsemen are posted at the gates.
Is this your
joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her
afar off to
sojourn.
Is this your
jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to
settle far away?
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not,
til the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they
set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Look at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they
set up their siege towers and
stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be
ashamed for their
envy at the people;
yea, the fire of thine enemies shall
devour them.
O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire
set for Your enemies will
consume them!
Fury is not in me: who would
set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
I am not
angry. If only thorns and briers
confronted Me, I would march and
trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
When the boughs thereof are
withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and
set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will
shew them no favour.
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for
kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no
compassion on them, and their
Creator shows them no favor.
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a
fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Woe to the
majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the
fading flower of his glorious
splendor,
set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a
fading flower, and as the
hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it
seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
The
fading flower of his beautiful
splendor,
set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest:
Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and
swallow it.
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
I will camp in a circle around you; I will
besiege you with towers and
set up siege works against you.
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to
strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
For
Tophet is ordained of old;
yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of
brimstone,
doth kindle it.
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral
pyre is deep and wide, with
plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a
torrent of burning sulfur,
sets it
ablaze.
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and
set ablaze.
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the
satyr shall cry to his fellow; the
screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
The desert creatures will meet with
hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will
settle and find her place of
repose.
Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Now, therefore, make a
bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of
Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to
Hezekiah, saying,
In those days was
Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
In those days
Hezekiah became
mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
I will plant in the wilderness the
cedar, the
shittah tree, and the
myrtle, and the oil tree; I will
set in the desert the
fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
I will plant cedars in the wilderness,
acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will
set cypresses in the desert, elms and
boxwood together,
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
Therefore he hath poured upon him the
fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath
set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
So He poured out on them His
furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It
enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame
kindle upon thee.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not
overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be
scorched; the flames will not
set you
ablaze.
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and
set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them
shew unto them.
Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him
foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my
captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that
set up the wood of their
graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and
set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove:
yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they
set it in its place, and there it stands, not
budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My
banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I
set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be
ashamed.
Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
O thou
afflicted,
tossed with
tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou
set up thy
remembrance: for thou hast discovered
thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
Behind the door and
doorpost you have
set up your
memorial.
Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you
climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a
pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have
gazed upon their nakedness.
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to
undo the heavy burdens, and to let the
oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to
untie the cords of the yoke, to
set the
oppressed free and
tear off every yoke?
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun
sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a
raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine
everlasting light, and the days of thy
mourning shall be ended.
Your sun will no longer
set, and your moon will not
wane; for the LORD will be your
everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
I have
set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted
watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for
yourselves,
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the
shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the
shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who
set His Holy Spirit among them,
But ye are they that
forsake the LORD, that
forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that
troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
But you who
forsake the LORD, who
forget My holy mountain, who
set a table for Fortune and fill
bowls of mixed wine for
Destiny,
And I will
set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to
Tarshish,
Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to
Tubal, and
Javan, to the isles
afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to
Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to
Tubal,
Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will
proclaim My glory among the nations.
Before I formed thee in the
belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the
womb I
sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
“Before I formed you in the
womb I knew you, and before you were born I
set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
See, I have appointed you
today over nations and kingdoms to
uproot and
tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”
For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
For I am about to
summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and
set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
Set up the standard toward
Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Raise a signal flag toward
Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing
disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
The lion is come up from his
thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land
desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
A lion has gone up from his
thicket, and a destroyer of nations has
set out. He has left his
lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
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.
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that
setteth snares; they
set a
trap, they catch men.
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they
set a
trap to catch men.
O ye children of Benjamin, gather
yourselves to
flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the
trumpet in Tekoa, and
set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin;
flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for
disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
I appointed
watchmen over you and said, ‘
Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not
listen!’
They shall lay hold on bow and
spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they
ride upon horses,
set in
array as men for war against thee, O daughter of
Zion.
They
grasp the bow and
spear; they are cruel and
merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they
ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of
Zion.”
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
“I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.
But go ye now unto my place which was in
Shiloh, where I
set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
But go now to the place in
Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have
set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to
pollute it.
For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have
set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have
defiled it.
Their tongue is as an
arrow shot out; it speaketh
deceit: one speaketh
peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak
deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his
neighbor, but in his heart he
sets a
trap for him.
And the LORD saith, Because they have
forsaken my law which I
set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
And the LORD answered, “It is because they have
forsaken My law, which I
set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.