51 verses contain “tender” (in the KJV: 43, in the BSB: 25) — showing 1–51
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And Abraham ran unto the
herd, and fetcht a
calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the
herd, selected a
tender and choice
calf, and gave it to a servant, who
hurried to prepare it.
Leah was
tender eyed; but
Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Leah had weak eyes, but
Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are
frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are
nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
And his soul
clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the
damsel, and spake kindly unto the
damsel.
And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young
girl and spoke to her
tenderly.
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
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall
distil as the
dew, as the small rain upon the
tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like
dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on
tender plants.
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the
tender grass springing out of the earth by clear
shining after rain.
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green
herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and
ashamed. They are like plants in the field,
tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops,
scorched before it is grown.
Because thine heart was
tender, and thou hast humbled
thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a
desolation and a
curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and
wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
because your heart was
tender and you humbled
yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a
desolation and a
curse, and because you have
torn your clothes and
wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
And David said, Solomon my son is young and
tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding
magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made
lavish preparations before his death.
Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and
tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of
Belial, and have strengthened themselves against
Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when
Rehoboam was young and
tenderhearted, and could not
withstand them.
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist
Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
Because thine heart was
tender, and thou
didst humble
thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst
thyself before me, and
didst rend thy clothes, and
weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
because your heart was
tender and you humbled
yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled
yourself before Me and you have
torn your clothes and
wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout again, and that the
tender branch thereof will not cease.
For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will
sprout again, and its
tender shoots will not fail.
To satisfy the
desolate and waste ground; and to cause the
bud of the
tender herb to spring forth?
to satisfy the
parched wasteland and make it
sprout with
tender grass?
Remember, O LORD, thy
tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Remember, O LORD, Your
compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green
herb.
For they wither quickly like grass and
wilt like
tender plants.
Withhold not thou thy
tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
O LORD, do not
withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy
tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great
compassion,
blot out my transgressions.
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy
tender mercies.
Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great
compassion.
O remember not against us former
iniquities: let thy
tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your
compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and
tender mercies;
who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and
compassion,
Let thy
tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
May Your
compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
Great are thy
tender mercies, O LORD:
quicken me according to thy judgments.
Great are Your
mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
The LORD is good to all: and his
tender mercies are over all his works.
The LORD is good to all; His
compassion rests on all He has made.
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the
tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the
tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the
tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
The fig tree ripens its figs; the
blossoming vines spread their
fragrance. Arise, come away, my
darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that
spoil the vines: for our vines have
tender grapes.
Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in
bloom.
Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine
flourish, whether the
tender grape appear, and the pomegranates
bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has
budded, if the
blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in
bloom— there I will give you my love.
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green
herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and
ashamed. They are like plants in the field,
tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops,
scorched before it is grown.
Speak ye
comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is
pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’S hand double for all her sins.
“Speak
tenderly to Jerusalem, and
proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been
pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of
Chaldea! For you will no longer be called
tender or delicate.
For he shall grow up before him as a
tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor
comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
He grew up before Him like a
tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to
attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high
cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a
tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the
cedar, and I will set it out. I will
pluck a
tender sprig from its
topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
Now God had granted Daniel favor and
compassion from the chief official,
Nevertheless leave the
stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the
tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the
dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
But leave the
stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the
tender grass of the field. Let him be
drenched with the
dew of heaven and
graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth.
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying,
Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the
stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the
tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the
dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the
stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the
tender grass of the field. Let him be
drenched with the
dew of heaven, and
graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’
Therefore, behold, I will
allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak
comfortably unto her.
“Therefore, behold, I will
allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her
tenderly.
Then answered
Amos, and said to
Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an
herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
“I was not a prophet,”
Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a
herdsman and a
tender of
sycamore-fig trees.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet
tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is
nigh:
Now learn this
lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become
tender and
sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
Now learn this
lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become
tender and
sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.
Through the
tender mercy of our God; whereby the
dayspring from on high hath visited us,
because of the
tender mercy of our God, by which the
Dawn will visit us from on high,
And be ye kind one to another,
tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath
forgiven you.
Be kind and
tenderhearted to one another,
forgiving each other just as in Christ God
forgave you.
Behold, we count them happy which
endure. Ye have heard of the
patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very
pitiful, and of
tender mercy.
See how blessed we consider those who have
persevered. You have heard of Job’s
perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of
compassion and mercy.
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and
sympathetic, love as brothers, be
tenderhearted and humble.
Moreover, the nations in their wicked
conspiracy being confounded, she found out the righteous, and preserved him
blameless unto God, and kept him strong against his
tender compassion toward his son.
Thus was he bold to call him a
traitor, that had deserved well of the city, and
tendered his own nation, and was so
zealous of the laws.