166 verses contain “wear” (in the KJV: 93, in the BSB: 123) — showing 1–100
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And they
smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they
wearied themselves to find the door.
And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they
wearied themselves trying to find the door.
And
Rebekah said to Isaac, I am
weary of my life because of the daughters of
Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of
Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
Then
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am
weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
And Jacob
vowed a
vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and
raiment to put on,
Then Jacob made a
vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to
wear,
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they
stripped him of his
robe—the
robe of many colors he was
wearing—
Thou
wilt surely
wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it
thyself alone.
Surely you and these people with you will
wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Aaron must
wear the
robe whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die.
And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
Aaron and his sons must
wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not
incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.
And that son that is priest in his
stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.
The son who succeeds him as priest and enters the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place must wear them for seven days.
And the
leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper
lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
A diseased person must
wear torn clothes and let his hair
hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen
breeches upon his flesh, and shall be
girded with a linen
girdle, and with the linen
mitre shall he be
attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
He is to
wear the sacred linen
tunic, with linen undergarments. He must
tie a linen
sash around him and put on the linen
turban. These are holy garments, and he must
bathe himself with water before he
wears them.
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle
gender with a
diverse kind: thou shalt not
sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not
crossbreed two different kinds of
livestock; you shall not
sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not
wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the
anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor
rend his clothes;
The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the
anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to
wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair
hang loose or
tear his garments.
Thy
raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
The woman shall not
wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
A woman must not
wear men’s clothing, and a man must not
wear women’s clothing, for
whoever does these things is
detestable to the LORD your God.
Thou shalt not
wear a garment of
divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
Do not
wear clothes of wool and linen
woven together.
You are to make tassels on the four corners of the
cloak you
wear.
How he met thee by the way, and
smote the
hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou
wast faint and
weary; and he feared not God.
how they met you on your journey when you were
tired and
weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow
weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not
waxen old upon you, and thy
shoe is not
waxen old upon thy foot.
For forty years I led you in the wilderness, yet your clothes and
sandals did not
wear out.
And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and
smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack
Ai. Since the people of
Ai are so few, you need not
wear out all our people there.”
Then Jael
Heber’s wife took a
nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and
smote the
nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast
asleep and
weary. So he died.
But as he lay sleeping from
exhaustion,
Heber’s wife Jael took a tent
peg,
grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the
peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did
upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are
weary?
And
Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you
taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your
weary men?’”
Wash
thyself therefore, and
anoint thee, and put thy
raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not
thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
Therefore wash
yourself, put on
perfume, and
wear your best clothes. Go down to the
threshing floor, but do not let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
Also he said, Bring the
vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.
And he told her, “Bring the
shawl you are
wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he
shoveled six measures of barley into her
shawl. Then he went into the city.
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child,
girded with a linen
ephod.
Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy
wearing a linen
ephod.
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to
wear an
ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to
wear an
ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the offerings of the Israelites made by fire.
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod’s brother, the son of
Phinehas, the son of
Eli, the LORD’S priest in
Shiloh,
wearing an
ephod. And the people knew not that
Jonathan was gone.
including
Ahijah, who was
wearing an
ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of
Phinehas, the son of
Eli the priest of the LORD in
Shiloh. But the troops did not know that
Jonathan had left.
And
Jonathan stripped himself of the
robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his
girdle.
And
Jonathan removed the
robe he was
wearing and gave it to David, along with his
tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the
Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and
slew on that day
fourscore and five persons that did
wear a linen
ephod.
So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the
Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who
wore the linen
ephod.
And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a
mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he
stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is
wearing a
robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was
girded with a linen
ephod.
And David,
wearing a linen
ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
And she had a garment of
divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters that were virgins
apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and
bolted the door after her.
So Amnon’s
attendant threw her out and
bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was
wearing a
robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters
wore.
And the king, and all the people that were with him, came
weary, and refreshed themselves there.
Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
And I will come upon him while he is
weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall
flee; and I will
smite the king only:
I will attack him while he is weak and
weary; I will throw him into a
panic, and all the people with him will
flee; I will strike down only the king
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and
cheese of
kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is
hungry, and
weary, and
thirsty, in the wilderness.
honey, curds, sheep, and
cheese from the
herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become
hungry, exhausted, and
thirsty in the wilderness.”
He arose, and
smote the Philistines until his hand was
weary, and his hand
clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to
spoil.
but
Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew
weary and
stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to
plunder the dead.
And
Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
And
Ahijah took hold of the new
cloak he was
wearing,
tore it into twelve pieces,
And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, I will
disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel
disguised himself, and went into the battle.
And the king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, “I will
disguise myself and go into battle, but you
wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel
disguised himself and went into battle.
And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with
sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
And he sent Eliakim the palace
administrator, Shebna the
scribe, and the leading priests, all
wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, I will
disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel
disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
And the king of Israel said to
Jehoshaphat, “I will
disguise myself and go into battle, but you
wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel
disguised himself and went into battle.
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and
wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
Yea, forty years
didst thou
sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to
shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
to bring Queen Vashti before him, wearing her royal crown, to display her beauty to the people and officials. For she was beautiful to behold.
And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with
sackcloth.
But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited
anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
When
Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about
Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for
Mordecai to
wear instead of his
sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
Let the royal
apparel be brought which the king useth to
wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
have them bring a royal
robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has
ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the
weary be at rest.
There the wicked cease from
raging, and there the
weary find rest.
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be
wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
But now trouble has come upon you, and you are
weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and
wearisome nights are appointed to me.
My soul is
weary of my life; I will leave my
complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“I
loathe my own life; I will express my
complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
But now he hath made me
weary: thou hast made
desolate all my company.
Surely He has now exhausted me; You have
devastated all my family.
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His
lightning through them.
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and
thirsty land, where no water is;
O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and
weary land without water.
You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your
weary inheritance.
I am
weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I am
weary from my crying; my throat is
parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my
sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow
weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
They shall perish, but thou shalt
endure:
yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a
vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
Let mine
adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a
mantle.
May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they
wear their shame like a
robe.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be
weary of thee, and so
hate thee.
As cold waters to a
thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Like cold water to a
weary soul is good news from a distant land.
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.
The words of
Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
These are the words of
Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am
weary, O God, and worn out.
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
All things are
wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
The labour of the
foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
The
toil of a
fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
And further, by these, my son, be
admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a
weariness of the flesh.
And by these, my son, be further
warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study
wearies the body.
Go forth, O ye daughters of
Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown
wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his
espousals, and in the day of the
gladness of his heart.
Come out, O daughters of
Zion, and
gaze at King Solomon,
wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his
wedding— the day of his heart’s
rejoicing.
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am
weary to bear them.
I
hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am
weary of bearing them.
And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and
wear our own
apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
None of them grows
weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no
sandal strap is broken.
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to
weary men, but will ye
weary my God also?
Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the
patience of men? Will you try the
patience of my God as well?
In their streets they shall
gird themselves with
sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall
howl,
weeping abundantly.
In its streets they
wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all
wail, falling down
weeping.
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is
weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
To whom he said, This is the rest
wherewith ye may cause the
weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the
weary rest; this is the place of
repose.” But they would not
listen.
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a
covert from the
tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a
weary land.
Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an
arid land.
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with
sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
And he sent Eliakim the palace
administrator, Shebna the
scribe, and the leading priests, all
wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the
everlasting God, the LORD, the
Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is
weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the
everlasting God, the
Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow
tired or
weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
Even the youths shall
faint and be
weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk, and not
faint.
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow
weary, they will walk and not
faint.
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been
weary of me, O Israel.
But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown
weary of Me, O Israel.
Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor
wearied thee with incense.
You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor
wearied you with
frankincense.
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast
wearied me with thine
iniquities.
You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have
wearied Me with your
iniquities.
Bel boweth down,
Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the
weary beast.
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy
sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
So take your stand with your spells and with your many
sorceries, with which you have
wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will
inspire terror!
Thou art
wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
You are
wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly
predict your fate.
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely
clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a
bride doeth.
Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will
wear them all as
jewelry and put them on like a
bride.
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is
weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of
discipleship, to
sustain the
weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to
listen as a disciple.
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall
condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the
moth shall eat them up.
Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to
condemn Me? See, they will all
wear out like a garment; the
moths will
devour them.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall
vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will
vanish like smoke, the earth will
wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last
forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
Thou art
wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou
wast not
grieved.
You are
wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found
renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
I will greatly
rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the
robe of righteousness, as a
bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a
bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
I will
rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will
exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and
wrapped me in a
robe of righteousness, as a
bridegroom wears a priestly
headdress, as a
bride adorns herself with her jewels.
A wild
ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not
weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
a wild
donkey at home in the wilderness,
sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not
weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
