84 verses contain “heap” (in the KJV: 66, in the BSB: 47) — showing 1–84
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And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a
mound, and there by the
mound they
ate.
And
Laban said, This
heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Then
Laban declared, “This
mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
And
Laban said to Jacob, Behold this
heap, and behold this
pillar, which I have cast
betwixt me and thee;
Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the
mound, and here is the
pillar I have set up between you and me.
This
heap be witness, and this
pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this
heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this
heap and this
pillar unto me, for
harm.
And they gathered them together upon
heaps: and the land
stank.
They were piled into countless
heaps, and there was a terrible
stench in the land.
And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an
heap, and the depths were
congealed in the heart of the sea.
At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths
congealed in the heart of the sea.
Even the whole
bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a
ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash
heap.
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall
abhor you.
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and
heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will
despise you.
And thou shalt gather all the
spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the
spoil thereof every
whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an
heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
And you are to gather all its
plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its
plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a
mound of ruins
forever, never to be rebuilt.
I will
heap mischiefs upon them; I will
spend mine arrows upon them.
I will
heap disasters upon them; I will
spend My arrows against them.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an
heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against
Jericho.
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far
upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite
Jericho.
And they raised over him a great
heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of
Achor, unto this day.
And they
heaped over
Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of
Achor to this day.
And Joshua burnt
Ai, and made it an
heap for ever, even a
desolation unto this day.
So Joshua burned
Ai and made it a permanent
heap of ruins, a
desolation to this day.
And the king of
Ai he
hanged on a tree until
eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his
carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise
thereon a great
heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
He hung the king of
Ai on a tree until evening, and at
sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
And
Samson said, With the
jawbone of an
ass,
heaps upon
heaps, with the jaw of an
ass have I slain a thousand men.
And when Boaz had eaten and
drunk, and his heart was
merry, he went to lie down at the end of the
heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the
heap of grain. Then
Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the
beggar from the
dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them
inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the
needy from the ash
heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us
flee; for we shall not else escape from
Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and
smite the city with the edge of the sword.
And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us
flee, or we will not escape from
Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us,
heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
And they took
Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great
heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
They took
Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge
mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be
astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
And when this temple has become a
heap of
rubble, all who pass by it will be
appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
And there came a
messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two
heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
When the
messenger arrived, he told
Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And
Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two
heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste
fenced cities into
ruinous heaps.
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I
planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should
crush fortified cities into piles of
rubble.
And this house, which is high, shall be an
astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
And when this temple has become a
heap of
rubble, all who pass by it will be
appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the
tithe of oxen and sheep, and the
tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by
heaps.
And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a
tithe of their herds and flocks and a
tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large
heaps.
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.
And when
Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the
heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
When
Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the
heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.
Then
Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the
heaps.
Then
Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the
heaps,
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they
fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the
heaps of the
rubbish which are burned?
before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of
rubble?”
His roots are
wrapped about the
heap, and
seeth the place of stones.
His roots
wrap around the rock
heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
And he dwelleth in
desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become
heaps.
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become
rubble.
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s
stead, I could
heap up words against you, and
shake mine head at you.
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could
heap up words against you and
shake my head at you.
Though he
heap up silver as the dust, and prepare
raiment as the clay;
Though he
heaps up silver like dust and piles up a
wardrobe like clay,
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
The godless in heart
harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses.
Surely every man walketh in a vain
shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he
heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Surely every man goes about like a
phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he
heaps up riches not knowing who will
haul them away.
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they
defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on
heaps.
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have
defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to
rubble.
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
He will judge the nations,
heaping up the dead; He will
crush the leaders far and wide.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the
sinner he giveth
travail, to gather and to
heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and
vexation of spirit.
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the
sinner He assigns the task of gathering and
accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is
futile and a pursuit of the wind.
Thy
navel is like a round
goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy
belly is like an
heap of wheat set about with
lilies.
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.”
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a
ruinous heap.
This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to
flourish: but the harvest shall be a
heap in the day of grief and of
desperate sorrow.
though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed
sprout— yet the harvest will
vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Indeed, You have made the city a
heap of
rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
Woe to the
rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
“
Woe to the
rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will,
heaping up sin upon sin.
Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into
ruinous heaps.
Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I
planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should
crush fortified cities into piles of
rubble.
And I will make Jerusalem
heaps, and a den of
dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah
desolate, without an inhabitant.
“And I will make Jerusalem a
heap of
rubble, a
haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a
desolation, without inhabitant.”
Micah the Morasthite
prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Zion shall be
plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become
heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
“
Micah the Moreshite
prophesied in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘
Zion will be
plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a
heap of
rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have
compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high
heaps: set thine heart toward the
highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
“Set up the roadmarks, establish the signposts. Keep the
highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an
alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the
Ammonites; and it shall be a
desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the
Ammonites. It will become a
heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.
Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
Come against her from the
farthest border. Break open her
granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain.
Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.
They that did feed delicately are
desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
Heap on wood,
kindle the fire,
consume the flesh, and
spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Pile on the logs and
kindle the fire;
cook the meat well and
mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.
Is there iniquity in
Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in
Gilgal;
yea, their altars are as
heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Is there iniquity in
Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in
Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be
heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
Therefore I will make Samaria as an
heap of the field, and as plantings of a
vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
Therefore I will make Samaria a
heap of
rubble in the open field, a planting area for a
vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and
expose her foundations.
Therefore shall
Zion for your sake be
plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become
heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be
plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a
heap of
rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
The
horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the
glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they
stumble upon their corpses:
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.
Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as
hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and
heapeth unto him all people:
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an
arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his
appetite like
Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
Thou
didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the
heap of great waters.
Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and
heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the
mire of the streets.
Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has
heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the
dirt of the streets.
And they that passed by railed on him,
wagging their heads, and saying,
Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
And those who passed by
heaped abuse on Him,
shaking their heads and saying, “
Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
And one of the malefactors which were
hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save
thyself and us.
One of the criminals who hung there
heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save
Yourself and us!”
Then they
reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
Then they
heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he
thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt
heap coals of fire on his head.
On the contrary, “If your enemy is
hungry, feed him; if he is
thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will
heap burning coals on his head.”
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins
alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the
uttermost.
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
For the time will come when they will not
endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they
heap to themselves teachers, having
itching ears;
For the time will come when men will not
tolerate sound doctrine, but with
itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
Your gold and silver is
cankered; and the
rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have
heaped treasure together for the last days.
Who, when he was
reviled,
reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
When they
heaped abuse on Him, He did not
retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of
riot, speaking evil of you:
Whose land lieth in clods of pitch and
heaps of ashes: even so also will I do unto them that hear me not, saith the
Almighty Lord.
For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, standing between, he stayed the wrath, and parted the way to the living.
An
obstinate heart shall be
laden with sorrows; and the wicked man shall
heap sin upon sin.
Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and
heap not wood upon his fire.
Of a
spark of fire a
heap of coals is
kindled: and a sinful man layeth wait for blood.
He that tilleth his land shall increase his
heap: and he that pleaseth great men shall get
pardon for iniquity.
And none may say, What is this? wherefore is that? for at time convenient they shall all be sought out: at his commandment the waters stood as an heap, and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of waters.
And when he came near to
Azotus, they shewed him the temple of
Dagon that was burnt, and
Azotus and the suburbs thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad and them that he had burnt in the battle; for they had made
heaps of them by the way where he should pass.
