68 verses contain “subject” (in the KJV: 46, in the BSB: 28) — showing 1–68
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Then David returned to
bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel
today, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows
shamelessly uncovereth himself!
As soon as David returned home to
bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself
today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself
today in the sight of the maidservants of his
subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
And he
smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be
spared. So the Moabites became
subject to David and brought him tribute.
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
Then he placed garrisons in
Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became
subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
And he put garrisons in
Edom; throughout all
Edom put he garrisons, and all they of
Edom became David’s servants. And the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
He placed garrisons throughout
Edom, and all the Edomites were
subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were
smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of
Ammon any more.
When all the kings who were
subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became
subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the
Ammonites anymore.
And he
smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.
Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
Then he placed garrisons in
Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became
subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
And he put garrisons in
Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
He placed garrisons in
Edom, and all the Edomites were
subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of
Ammon any more.
When Hadadezer’s
subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became
subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the
Ammonites anymore.
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into
bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto
bondage already: neither is it in our power to
redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are
subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already
enslaved, but we are powerless to
redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
Their enemies also
oppressed them, and they were brought into
subjection under their hand.
Their enemies
oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
A large population is a king’s
splendor, but a lack of
subjects is a prince’s ruin.
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall
spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon
Edom and Moab; and the children of
Ammon shall obey them.
They will
swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will
plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on
Edom and Moab, and the
Ammonites will be
subject to them.
And now have I given all these lands into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field
subject to him.
But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
But ye turned and
polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his
handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into
subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
But now you have changed your minds and
profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and
whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘
Anyone who murders will be
subject to judgment.’
But I say unto you, That
whosoever is
angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and
whosoever shall say to his brother,
Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but
whosoever shall say, Thou
fool, shall be in danger of
hell fire.
But I tell you that
anyone who is
angry with his brother will be
subject to judgment. Again,
anyone who says to his brother, ‘
Raca,’ will be
subject to the
Sanhedrin. But
anyone who says, ‘You
fool!’ will be
subject to the fire of
hell.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
And he went down with them, and came to
Nazareth, and was
subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
Notwithstanding in this
rejoice not, that the spirits are
subject unto you; but rather
rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Nevertheless, do not
rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but
rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
But his citizens
hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
But his
subjects hated him and sent a
delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
Because the
carnal mind is
enmity against God: for it is not
subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
For the creation was
subjected to
futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who
subjected it, in hope
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Everyone must submit himself to the
governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not
subject to
anyone’s judgment.
But I keep under my body, and bring it into
subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a
castaway.
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.
Whiles by the experiment of this
ministration they
glorify God for your professed
subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will
glorify God for your
obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the
generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Who shall change our
vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to
subdue all things unto himself.
who, by the power that enables Him to
subject all things to Himself, will
transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
An
overseer must
manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
Put them in mind to be
subject to
principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be
obedient and ready for every good work,
For unto the angels hath he not put in
subjection the world to come,
whereof we speak.
For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime
subject to
bondage.
and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they
crucify to themselves the Son of God
afresh, and put him to an open shame.
and then have fallen away—to be restored to
repentance, because they themselves are
crucifying the Son of God all over again and
subjecting Him to open shame.
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in
subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Servants, be
subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the
froward.
Servants, submit
yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Wives, in the same way, submit
yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the
behavior of their wives
For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were
submissive to their husbands,
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
Likewise, ye younger, submit
yourselves unto the elder.
Yea, all of you be
subject one to another, and be clothed with
humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Young men, in the same way, submit
yourselves to your elders. And all of you,
clothe yourselves with
humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Now when
Darius reigned, he made a great feast unto all his
subjects, and unto all his household, and unto all the princes of Media and Persia,
And I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto her, and no man spake against her, no, not one creature upon earth.
After that I became lord over many nations and had dominion over the whole world, not lifted up with
presumption of my authority, but carrying myself always with
equity and mildness, I purposed to settle my
subjects continually in a quiet life, and making my kingdom peaceable, and open for passage to the utmost coasts, to renew peace, which is desired of all men.
The great king Artexerxes unto the princes and governors of an hundred and seven and twenty provinces from India unto
Ethiopia, and unto all our faithful
subjects,
greeting.
And endeavour to
hurt not our
subjects only, but not being able to bear abundance, do take in hand to
practise also against those that do them good:
For into a
malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is
subject unto sin.
For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit holy, one only,
manifold,
subtil, lively, clear,
undefiled, plain, not
subject to
hurt, loving the thing that is good quick, which cannot be
letted, ready to do good,
I shall set the people in order, and the nations shall be subject unto me.
And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in
subjection, are most
foolish, and are more
miserable than very babes.
Thou
didst bow thy loins unto women, and by thy body thou
wast brought into
subjection.
Elias it was, who was covered with a
whirlwind: and Eliseus was filled with his spirit: whilst he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, neither could any bring him into
subjection.
Moreover he hath delivered them to be in
subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and
desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.
Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a
curse, and to be
subject to payments, according to all the
iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.
For he built
gladly a place of exercise under the tower itself, and brought the chief young men under his
subjection, and made them wear a
hat.
And when he himself could not
abide his own smell, he said these words, It is meet to be
subject unto God, and that a man that is
mortal should not proudly think of himself if he were God.
And that he would not suffer the people, that had even now been but a little refreshed, to be in
subjection to the
blasphemous nations.