74 verses contain “Wander” (in the KJV: 43, in the BSB: 51) — showing 1–74
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When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a
fugitive and a
vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a
fugitive and a
wanderer on the earth.”
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be
hid; and I shall be a
fugitive and a
vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall
slay me.
Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a
fugitive and a
wanderer on the earth, and
whoever finds me will kill me.”
And it came to pass, when God caused me to
wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt
shew unto me; at every place
whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to
Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your
loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave it unto
Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and
wandered in the wilderness of Beer-
sheba.
Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on
Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and
wandered in the Wilderness of
Beersheba.
And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are
entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, ‘They are wandering the land in confusion; the wilderness has boxed them in.’
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
Your children will be
shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
And the LORD’S anger was
kindled against Israel, and he made them
wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount
Seir many days.
Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had
instructed me, and for many days we
wandered around Mount
Seir.
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
“You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A
Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and
sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
populous:
and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a
wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to
wander out of the way. And all the people shall say,
Amen.
‘
Cursed is he who lets a blind man
wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘
Amen!’
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD
sware that he would not
shew them the land, which the LORD
sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
For the Israelites had
wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD
vowed never to let them see the land He had
sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel
wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day
fourscore and five years old.
Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel
wandered in the wilderness. So here I am
today, eighty-five years old,
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and
bewail my
virginity, I and my fellows.
She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me
wander for two months through the mountains with my friends and
mourn my
virginity.”
And the
asses of
Kish Saul’s father were lost. And
Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the
asses.
Whereas thou camest but
yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go
whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
In fact, you arrived only
yesterday; should I make you
wander around with us
today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”
Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
they
wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them
wander in a
trackless wasteland.
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a
snare.
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he
wanders into its
mesh.
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the
sheaf from the
hungry;
Without clothing, they
wander about naked. They carry the
sheaves, but still go
hungry.
Who provideth for the
raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they
wander for lack of meat.
Who provides food for the
raven when its young cry out to God as they
wander about for lack of food?
The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are
exalted.
Lo, then would I
wander far off, and remain in the wilderness.
Selah.
How far away I would
flee! In the wilderness I would remain.
Selah Thou tellest my
wanderings: put thou my tears into thy
bottle: are they not in thy book?
You have taken account of my
wanderings. Put my tears in Your
bottle— are they not in Your book?
Let them
wander up and down for meat, and
grudge if they be not satisfied.
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
They do not know or understand; they
wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are
shaken.
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
they
wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
They
wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Some
wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
He pours out contempt on the nobles and makes them
wander in a
trackless wasteland.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and
beg: let them seek their bread also out of their
desolate places.
May his children
wander as beggars, seeking
sustenance far from their ruined homes.
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me
stray from Your commandments.
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a
fool are in the ends of the earth.
Wisdom is the focus of the
discerning, but the eyes of a
fool wander to the ends of the earth.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
As the bird by
wandering, as the
swallow by flying, so the
curse causeless shall not come.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the
wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and
vexation of spirit.
Better what the eye can see than the
wandering of desire. This too is
futile and a pursuit of the wind.
For it shall be, that, as a
wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of
Arnon.
Like
fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the
Arnon:
Take counsel,
execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the
noonday; hide the outcasts;
bewray not him that
wandereth.
“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at
noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not
betray the one who flees.
For the fields of
Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they
wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
For the fields of
Heshbon have
withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have
trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.
Look upon
Zion, the city of our
solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet
habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Look upon
Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not
wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
This is what they are to you— those with whom you have labored and traded from youth— each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and
burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not
transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou
wanderest, playing the
harlot.
“For long ago you broke your yoke and
tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a
prostitute.
Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to
wander, they have not
refrained their feet, therefore the LORD
doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”
How long
wilt thou go about, O thou
backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”
Neither shall ye build house, nor
sow seed, nor plant
vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.
Nor are you ever to build a house or
sow seed or plant a
vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you
wander.’
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him
wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and
shatter his jars.
Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven
headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.
My people hath been lost sheep: their
shepherds have caused them to go
astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
My people are lost sheep; their
shepherds have led them
astray, causing them to
roam the mountains. They have
wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her
affliction and of her
miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the
adversaries saw her, and did
mock at her sabbaths.
In the days of her
affliction and
wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her,
laughing at her
downfall.
They have
wandered as blind men in the streets, they have
polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
They
wandered blind in the streets,
defiled by this blood, so that no one
dared to touch their garments.
They
cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and
wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more
sojourn there.
“Go away! Unclean!” men
shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and
wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”
My sheep
wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:
yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
My flock went
astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went
astray, which went
astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
Surely the Levites who
wandered away from Me when Israel went
astray, and who
wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
My God will cast them away, because they did not
hearken unto him: and they shall be
wanderers among the nations.
My God will
reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be
wanderers among the nations.
How do the beasts
groan! the herds of cattle are
perplexed, because they have no pasture;
yea, the flocks of sheep are made
desolate.
How the cattle
groan! The herds
wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
So two or three cities
wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
People
staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
And they shall
wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and
fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
People will
stagger from sea to sea and
roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no
shepherd.
For idols speak
deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people
wander like sheep,
oppressed for lack of a
shepherd.
And
withal they learn to be idle,
wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and
busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and
busybodies,
discussing things they should not mention.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have
erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By
craving it, some have
wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute,
oppressed, and mistreated.
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they
wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
The world was not worthy of them. They
wandered in deserts and mountains, and
hid in caves and holes in the ground.
Brethren, if any of you do
err from the truth, and one convert him;
My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
Which have
forsaken the right way, and are gone
astray, following the way of
Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
They have left the straight way and
wandered off to follow the way of
Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Raging waves of the sea,
foaming out their own shame;
wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
They are wild waves of the sea,
foaming up their own shame;
wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved
forever.
Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof.
Suretiship hath undone many of good estate, and
shaken them as a wave of the sea: mighty men hath it driven from their houses, so that they
wandered among strange nations.
Where no
hedge is, there the possession is
spoiled: and he that hath no wife will
wander up and down
mourning.
And they kept the eight days with
gladness, as in the feast of the tabernacles, remembering that not long
afore they had held the feast of the tabernacles, when as they
wandered in the mountains and dens like beasts.