63 verses contain “bos” (in the KJV: 57, in the BSB: 20) — showing 1–63
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And Sarai said unto
Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my
maid into thy
bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was
despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Then Sarai said to
Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was
pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
And the LORD said
furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy
bosom. And he put his hand into his
bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was
leprous as snow.
Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your
cloak.” So he put his hand inside his
cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was
leprous, white as snow.
And he said, Put thine hand into thy
bosom again. And he put his hand into his
bosom again; and
plucked it out of his
bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
“Put your hand back inside your
cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his
cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
Have I conceived all this people? have I
begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy
bosom, as a
nursing father beareth the
sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your
bosom, as a
nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You
swore to give their fathers?
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy
bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul,
entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his
bosom, and toward the
remnant of his children which he shall leave:
The most gentle and refined man among you will
begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not
adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her
bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not
venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will
begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
And
Naomi took the child, and laid it in her
bosom, and became
nurse unto it.
And
Naomi took the child, placed him on her
lap, and became a
nurse to him.
But
Abner the son of
Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took
Ish-
bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to
Mahanaim;
Meanwhile,
Abner son of
Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son
Ish-
bosheth, moved him to
Mahanaim,
Ish-
bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
Saul’s son
Ish-
bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which
pertained to
Ish-
bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and
Ish-
bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.
And Saul had a
concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and
Ish-
bosheth said to
Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s
concubine?
Meanwhile, Saul had a
concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So
Ish-
bosheth questioned
Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s
concubine?”
Then was
Abner very
wroth for the words of
Ish-
bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do
shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
Abner was
furious over
Ish-
bosheth’s
accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been
loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you
accuse me of
wrongdoing with this woman!
And he could not answer
Abner a word again, because he feared him.
And for fear of
Abner,
Ish-
bosheth did not
dare to say another word to him.
And David sent messengers to
Ish-
bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I
espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
Then David sent messengers to say to
Ish-
bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I
betrothed to myself for a hundred
Philistine foreskins.”
And
Ish-
bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
So
Ish-
bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.
And when Saul’s son heard that
Abner was dead in
Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
Now when
Ish-
bosheth son of Saul heard that
Abner had died in
Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.
And the sons of
Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of
Ish-
bosheth, who lay on a bed at
noon.
Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of
Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of
Ish-
bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his
midday nap.
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 they brought the head of
Ish-
bosheth unto David to
Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of
Ish-
bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath
avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
They brought the head of
Ish-
bosheth to David at
Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of
Ish-
bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life.
Today the LORD has granted
vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
And David commanded his young men, and they
slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and
hanged them up over the
pool in
Hebron. But they took the head of
Ish-
bosheth, and buried it in the
sepulchre of
Abner in
Hebron.
So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the
pool in
Hebron, but they took the head of
Ish-
bosheth and buried it in
Abner’s tomb in
Hebron.
But the poor man had nothing, save one little
ewe lamb, which he had bought and
nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and
drank of his own cup, and lay in his
bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
but the poor man had nothing except one small
ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and
drank from his cup; it
slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy
bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her
cherish him, and let her lie in thy
bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
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.
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her
bosom, and carried him up into a
loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
But
Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of
Boscath.
Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.
He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick
bosses of his bucklers:
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my
bosom:
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own
bosom.
Yet when they were ill, I put on
sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand?
pluck it out of thy
bosom.
Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!
And render unto our neighbours
sevenfold into their
bosom their reproach,
wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors
sevenfold the reproach they
hurled at You, O Lord.
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my
bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
unable to fill the hands of the
reaper, or the arms of the binder of
sheaves.
And why
wilt thou, my son, be
ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the
bosom of a stranger?
Can a man take fire in his
bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the
bosom to
pervert the ways of judgment.
A
slothful man hideth his hand in his
bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
The slacker buries his hand in the
dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the
bosom strong wrath.
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a
covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
The
slothful hideth his hand in his
bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
The slacker buries his hand in the
dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
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.
He shall feed his flock like a
shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his
bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
He tends His flock like a
shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the
nursing ewes.
Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
Your
iniquities, and the
iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and
blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their
bosom.
both for your
iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and
scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the
bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they
swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’
bosom.
They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they
faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives
fade away in the arms of their mothers.
And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they
bruised the teats of their
virginity.
and they played in Egypt,
prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were
fondled there, and their virgin
bosoms caressed.
Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they
bruised the breasts of her
virginity, and poured their
whoredom upon her.
So you revisited the
indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians
caressed your
bosom and pressed your young breasts.
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy
bosom.
Do not
rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and
shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your
bosom. For with the same measure that ye
mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, and running over will be poured into your
lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”
And it came to pass, that the
beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s
bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
One day the
beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
In Hades, where he was in
torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from
afar, with
Lazarus by his side.
No man hath seen God at any time; the only
begotten Son, which is in the
bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
Now there was
leaning on Jesus’
bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was
reclining at His side.
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.
Like as they do yet this day unto my chosen, so will I do also, and
recompense in their
bosom. Thus saith the Lord God;
The reward of thy
whoredom shall be in thy
bosom, therefore shalt thou receive recompence.
And how that many of them were shut up in Bosora, and Bosor, and Alema, Casphor, Maked, and Carnaim; all these cities are strong and great:
Hereupon Judas and his host turned suddenly by the way of the wilderness unto
Bosora; and when he had won the city, he
slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burned the city with fire,
From thence went he, and took Casphon, Maged, Bosor, and the other cities of the country of Galaad.
