230 verses contain “woo” (in the KJV: 198, in the BSB: 152) — showing 201–230
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And said, O Lord that bearest rule, of every wood of the earth, and of all the trees thereof, thou hast chosen thee one only vine:
And I
beheld, and lo, as it were a
roaring lion
chased out of the
wood: and I saw that he sent out a man’s voice unto the eagle, and said,
And the lion, whom thou sawest rising up out of the
wood, and
roaring, and speaking to the eagle, and
rebuking her for her unrighteousness with all the words which thou hast heard;
Also the Carmanians
raging in wrath shall go forth as the wild boars of the
wood, and with great power shall they come, and join battle with them, and shall waste a portion of the land of the Assyrians.
And they shall break down the cities and walls, mountains and hills, trees of the wood, and grass of the meadows, and their corn.
And shall
consume thee, and thy cities, thy land, and thy mountains; all thy
woods and thy fruitful trees shall they burn up with fire.
May any man drive away an
hungry lion in the
wood? or may any one
quench the fire in
stubble, when it hath begun to burn?
For whose cause the earth being
drowned with the flood, wisdom again preserved it, and directed the course of the righteous in a piece of
wood of small value.
And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use, being a
crooked piece of
wood, and full of knots, hath carved it
diligently, when he had nothing else to do, and formed it by the skill of his understanding, and fashioned it to the image of a man;
Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through the
raging waves, calleth upon a piece of
wood more
rotten than the vessel that carrieth him.
Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.
For blessed is the wood whereby righteousness cometh.
Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and
heap not
wood upon his fire.
Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
Moreover even the woods and every sweetsmelling tree shall overshadow Israel by the commandment of God.
Now shall ye see in Babylon gods of silver, and of gold, and of wood, borne upon shoulders, which cause the nations to fear.
Yea, they will give thereof to the common harlots, and deck them as men with garments, being gods of silver, and gods of gold, and
wood.
For how can they be called gods? because women set meat before the gods of silver, gold, and wood.
Their gods of
wood, and which are overlaid with gold and silver, are like the stones that be
hewn out of the mountain: they that worship them shall be confounded.
For seeing they be but of
wood, and overlaid with silver and gold, it shall be known
hereafter that they are false:
Whereupon when fire falleth upon the house of gods of
wood, or laid over with gold or silver, their priests will
flee away, and escape; but they themselves shall be burned
asunder like beams.
Neither are those gods of
wood, and laid over with silver or gold, able to escape either from
thieves or robbers.
Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a
pillar of
wood in a a palace, than such false gods.
And the fire sent from above to
consume hills and
woods doeth as it is commanded: but these are like unto them neither in
shew nor power.
For as a
scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing: so are their gods of
wood, and laid over with silver and gold.
And likewise their gods of
wood, and laid over with silver and gold, are like to a white
thorn in an
orchard, that every bird sitteth upon; as also to a dead body, that is east into the dark.
And the king’s servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the
oven hot with
rosin, pitch,
tow, and small
wood;
And upon the beasts were there strong towers of
wood, which covered every one of them, and were
girt fast unto them with devices: there were also upon every one two and thirty strong men, that fought upon them, beside the Indian that ruled him.
For, behold, the battle is before us and behind us, and the water of Jordan on this side and that side, the marsh likewise and wood, neither is there place for us to turn aside.
Then commanded he them to draw it up, and to bring it; and when the sacrifices were laid on, Neemias commanded the priests to
sprinkle the
wood and the things laid
thereupon with the water.