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The bear, a formidable creature in the ancient Near East, is used metaphorically and literally in the Scriptures to convey various spiritual and moral lessons. Biblical References: 1. <a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm">2 Kings 2:23-25</a>: One of the most notable accounts involving bears is the account of the prophet Elisha. As Elisha was traveling to Bethel, a group of youths mocked him, saying, "Go up, you baldhead!" In response, Elisha cursed them in the name of the LORD, and two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. This incident underscores the seriousness of disrespecting God's prophets and serves as a warning against irreverence. 2. <a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm">1 Samuel 17:34-37</a>: Bears are also mentioned in the context of David's early life as a shepherd. When David was preparing to face Goliath, he recounted to King Saul how he had defended his flock from both lions and bears. David said, "When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it, and rescued the sheep from its mouth." This passage highlights David's courage and faith in God's deliverance, as he equates his past victories over wild animals with his confidence in defeating the Philistine giant. 3. <a href="/proverbs/28-15.htm">Proverbs 28:15</a>: In wisdom literature, the bear is used metaphorically to describe the nature of a wicked ruler. "Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people." This proverb illustrates the oppressive and destructive nature of unjust leadership, likening it to the threat posed by a powerful and aggressive animal. 4. <a href="/isaiah/11-7.htm">Isaiah 11:7</a>: In prophetic literature, bears are part of the imagery used to describe the peace and harmony of the Messianic age. "The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox." This vision of peace signifies the restoration of creation and the reconciliation of former adversaries under the reign of the Messiah. 5. <a href="/daniel/7-5.htm">Daniel 7:5</a>: In apocalyptic literature, the bear is one of the four beasts in Daniel's vision, representing a kingdom. "And behold, another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’" This imagery is often interpreted as symbolizing the Medo-Persian Empire, known for its strength and conquests. Symbolism and Interpretation: In biblical symbolism, the bear often represents power and danger. Its presence in Scripture serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and the consequences of disobedience. The bear's ferocity is a metaphor for divine judgment, as seen in the account of Elisha, while its strength is a testament to God's protection and deliverance, as demonstrated in David's life. The use of bears in prophetic and apocalyptic literature further emphasizes the themes of judgment and restoration. In Daniel, the bear symbolizes a powerful empire, while in Isaiah, it becomes part of a vision of peace and harmony in the future kingdom of God. Overall, the bear in the Bible is a multifaceted symbol, reflecting both the might of earthly powers and the ultimate authority of God over creation.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/4722.htm">4722. stego -- to cover closely (so as to keep water out) ...</a> ... Word Origin a prim. word Definition to cover closely (so as to keep water out), generally to bear up under NASB Word Usage bears (1), endure (3). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4722.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4160.htm">4160. poieo -- to make, do</a> ... to make, do NASB Word Usage accomplished (1), act (4), acted (3), acting (1), acts (2), appointed (3), away* (1), bear (5), bearing (1), bears (3), become (1 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4160.htm - 14k<a href="/greek/5297.htm">5297. hupophero -- to bear by being under, to endure</a> ... Word Origin from hupo and phero Definition to bear by being under, to endure NASB Word Usage bears up under (1), endure (1), endured (1). bear, endure. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5297.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/5342.htm">5342. phero -- to bear, carry, bring forth</a> ... word Definition to bear, carry, bring forth NASB Word Usage bear (6), bearing (1), bears (3), bring (16), bringing (7), brought (14), carry (1), carrying (1 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5342.htm - 10k<a href="/greek/2592.htm">2592. karpophoreo -- to bear fruit</a> ... See 2590 (). Word Origin from karpophoros Definition to bear fruit NASB Word Usage bear fruit (4), bearing fruit (2), bears fruit (1), produces crops (1). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2592.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4615.htm">4615. sinapi -- mustard (a plant)</a> ... A mustard plant reaches a height of three meters (about ten feet). This is a huge plant when fully matured and bears .]. Word Origin of Eg. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4615.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2590.htm">2590. karpos -- fruit</a> ... 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear (2590 ), He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit" (). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2590.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/5427.htm">5427. phronema -- the thought (that which is in the mind)</a> ... visceral opinion (the innermost, personal level of opinion); inner perspective as it determines (regulating) outward behavior, especially as it bears on the ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5427.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4808.htm">4808. suke -- a fig tree</a> ... wild and cultivated tree. The fig tree bears bountiful figs, ripening principally in the month of August. ["Early figs" ripen in ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4808.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6030a.htm">6030a. anah -- to answer, respond</a> ... accuse (1), accused (1), agrees to make (1), answer (94), answer* (1), answered (102), answering (1), answers (5), bear (2), bear witness (1), bears (1), bears ... /hebrew/6030a.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7852.htm">7852. satam -- to bear a grudge or cherish animosity against</a> ... root Definition to bear a grudge or cherish animosity against NASB Word Usage bear a grudge against (1), bears a grudge against (1), bore a grudge against (1 ... /hebrew/7852.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6006.htm">6006. amas -- to load, carry a load</a> ... root Definition to load, carry a load NASB Word Usage bears our burden (1), borne (1), burdensome (1), lift (1), loaded (3), loading (1), took their load (1). ... /hebrew/6006.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm">3205. yalad -- to bear, bring forth, beget</a> ... root Definition to bear, bring forth, beget NASB Word Usage bear (13), bearing (3), bears (6), became (1), became the father (144), become the father (2 ... /hebrew/3205.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/1677.htm">1677. dob -- a bear</a> ... Word Origin from dabab Definition a bear NASB Word Usage bear (10), bears (2). bear. Or (fully) dowb {dobe}; from dabab; the bear (as slow) -- bear. ... /hebrew/1677.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm">5375. nasa -- to lift, carry, take</a> ... 3), accepted* (1), advanced (1), anything been taken (1), arises (1), assisted (1), bear (61), bearer (17), bearers (2), bearing (4), bears (1), become proud ( ... /hebrew/5375.htm - 8k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/gerhardt/paul_gerhardts_spiritual_songs/a_lamb_bears_all_the.htm">A Lamb Bears all the Guilt Away.</a> ... A LAMB BEARS ALL THE GUILT AWAY. Isa. ... A Lamb bears all its guilt away The world thus to deliver, All sins of sinners patiently It bears and murmurs never. ... /.../gerhardt/paul gerhardts spiritual songs/a lamb bears all the.htm<a href="/library/law/an_humble_affectionate_and_earnest_address_to_the_clergy/address_4_0_all_scripture_bears.htm">All Scripture Bears Full Witness to this Truth, and the End and ...</a> ... Address 4: All scripture bears full witness to this truth, and the end and design of all? All scripture bears full witness to ... /.../address 4 0 all scripture bears.htm<a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_xxxii_the_psalmist_bears.htm">The Psalmist Bears Witness that Divine Justice Employs Certain ...</a> ... Chapter XXXII. The Psalmist bears witness that divine justice employs certain evil angels to inflict calamities upon? The Psalmist ... /.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxii the psalmist bears.htm<a href="/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/chapter_ix_how_simon_bears_his.htm">How Simon Bears his Exposure.</a> ... Homily XVIII. Chapter IX."How Simon Bears His Exposure. When Peter said this, the multitudes applauded. [1379] But Simon, being ... /.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter ix how simon bears his.htm<a href="/library/cassian/the_seven_books_of_john_cassian_/chapter_iii_he_replies_to.htm">He Replies to the Cavil that the one who is Born must be of one ...</a> ... Book VII. Chapter III. He replies to the cavil that the one who is born must be of one substance with the one who bears. The second ... /.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter iii he replies to.htm<a href="/library/pink/the_divine_inspiration_of_the_bible/chapter_two_the_perennial_freshness.htm">The Perennial Freshness of the Bible Bears Witness to Its Divine ...</a> ... Chapter Two The Perennial Freshness of the Bible Bears Witness to its Divine Inspirer. The full force of the present argument will ... /.../the divine inspiration of the bible/chapter two the perennial freshness.htm<a href="/library/burgon/the_last_twelve_verses_of_the_gospel_according_to_s_mark_/appendix_e_text_of_the.htm">Appendix (E). Text of the Concluding Scholion of victor of ...</a> ... APPENDIX (E). Text of the concluding Scholion of VICTOR OF ANTIOCH'S Commentary on S. Mark's Gospel; in which Victor bears emphatic testimony to the ... /.../appendix e text of the.htm<a href="/library/guyon/song_of_songs_of_solomon/2_thy_teeth_are_like.htm">Thy Teeth are Like a Flock of Sheep that are Even Shorn, which ...</a> ... 2. Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bears twins, and none is barren among them. ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/2 thy teeth are like.htm<a href="/library/cyprian/three_books_of_testimonies_against_the_jews/37_that_the_believer_ought.htm">That the Believer Ought not to be Punished for Other Offences ...</a> ... Third Book. 37. That the believer ought not to be punished for other offences, except for the name he bears. In the Epistle of Peter ... /.../three books of testimonies against the jews/37 that the believer ought.htm<a href="/library/francis/treatise_on_the_love_of_god/chapter_xii_how_the_soul.htm">How the Soul Amidst These Interior Anguishes Knows not the Love ...</a> ... CHAPTER XII. HOW THE SOUL AMIDST THESE INTERIOR ANGUISHES KNOWS NOT THE LOVE SHE BEARS TO GOD: AND OF THE MOST LOVE-FULL DEATH OF THE WILL. ... /.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xii how the soul.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/bears.htm">Bears (62 Occurrences)</a> ...Bears (62 Occurrences). ... Matthew 27:8 for which reason that piece of ground received the name, which it still bears, of 'the Field of Blood.' (WEY). ... /b/bears.htm - 24k<a href="/topical/s/she-bears.htm">She-bears (1 Occurrence)</a> She-bears. She-bear, She-bears. Sheber . Multi-Version Concordance She-bears (1 Occurrence). 2 Kings 2:24 And he looked ... /s/she-bears.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/p/produces.htm">Produces (27 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 13:23 But he that is sown upon the good ground this is he who hears and understands the word, who bears fruit also, and produces, one a hundred, one ... /p/produces.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/n/nebuchadnezzar.htm">Nebuchadnezzar (90 Occurrences)</a> ... life. An onyx cameo, now in the museum of Florence, bears on it an arrow-headed inscription, which is certainly ancient and genuine. ... /n/nebuchadnezzar.htm - 57k<a href="/topical/b/bear.htm">Bear (425 Occurrences)</a> ... 17:34-37). Bears came out of the wood and destroyed the children who mocked the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 2:24). Their habits are ... /b/bear.htm - 44k<a href="/topical/k/kernel.htm">Kernel (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Kernel (4 Occurrences). Mark 4:28 For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. ... But if it dies, it bears much fruit. ... /k/kernel.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/f/firstbegotten.htm">Firstbegotten (1 Occurrence)</a> ... It is used in its natural literal sense of Jesus Christ as Mary's firstborn (Luke 2:7 Matthew 1:25 the King James Version); it also bears the literal sense of ... /f/firstbegotten.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/f/first-begotten.htm">First-begotten (2 Occurrences)</a> ... It is used in its natural literal sense of Jesus Christ as Mary's firstborn (Luke 2:7 Matthew 1:25 the King James Version); it also bears the literal sense of ... /f/first-begotten.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/f/fawns.htm">Fawns (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Fawns (4 Occurrences). Genesis 49:21 "Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns. (WEB RSV NIV). ... Do you watch when the doe bears fawns? (WEB). ... /f/fawns.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/f/fruit.htm">Fruit (318 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 13:23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one ... /f/fruit.htm - 40k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Elisha-baldhead.html">Why did the Prophet Elisha curse the “youths” for making fun of his baldness (2 Kings 2:23-24)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/false-witness.html">What does the Bible say about a false witness? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/mothers-Christian.html">What does the Bible say about Christian mothers? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Bears (62 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/7-17.htm">Matthew 7:17</a> Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Matthew 13:23</a> What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty." (WEB DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/matthew/27-8.htm">Matthew 27:8</a> for which reason that piece of ground received the name, which it still bears, of 'the Field of Blood.' (WEY)<a href="/mark/4-28.htm">Mark 4:28</a> For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. (WEB DBY)<a href="/luke/6-43.htm">Luke 6:43</a> For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/13-9.htm">Luke 13:9</a> If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.'" (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/18-7.htm">Luke 18:7</a> And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them? (DBY)<a href="/john/1-15.htm">John 1:15</a> (John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;) (DBY)<a href="/john/3-32.htm">John 3:32</a> What He has seen and heard, to that He bears witness; but His testimony no one receives. (WEY RSV)<a href="/john/5-32.htm">John 5:32</a> It is another who bears witness concerning me, and I know that the witness which he bears concerning me is true. (DBY RSV)<a href="/john/8-18.htm">John 8:18</a> I am one who bear witness concerning myself, and the Father who has sent me bears witness concerning me. (DBY RSV)<a href="/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24</a> Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. (WEB DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/john/15-2.htm">John 15:2</a> Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a> I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. (WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/john/19-35.htm">John 19:35</a> And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe. (DBY)<a href="/john/21-24.htm">John 21:24</a> This is the disciple who bears witness concerning these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his witness is true. (DBY)<a href="/acts/22-5.htm">Acts 22:5</a> as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished. (DBY)<a href="/romans/2-15.htm">Romans 2:15</a> since they exhibit proof that a knowledge of the conduct which the Law requires is engraven on their hearts, while their consciences also bear witness to the Law, and their thoughts, as if in mutual discussion, accuse them or perhaps maintain their innocence-- (See RSV)<a href="/romans/8-16.htm">Romans 8:16</a> The Spirit Himself bears witness, along with our own spirits, to the fact that we are children of God; (WEY DBY)<a href="/romans/9-1.htm">Romans 9:1</a> Truth I say in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing testimony with me in the Holy Spirit, (See RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/5-11.htm">1 Corinthians 5:11</a> But what I meant was that you were not to associate with any one bearing the name of "brother," if he was addicted to fornication or avarice or idol-worship or abusive language or hard-drinking or greed of gain. With such a man you ought not even to eat. (See RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/13-7.htm">1 Corinthians 13:7</a> bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (WEB DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Galatians 4:24</a> All this is allegorical; for the women represent two Covenants. One has its origin on Mount Sinai, and bears children destined for slavery. (WEY NIV)<a href="/galatians/4-27.htm">Galatians 4:27</a> for it hath been written, 'Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many 'are' the children of the desolate -- more than of her having the husband.' (See NIV)<a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a> who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest, (See RSV)<a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Hebrews 6:8</a> but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned. (WEB RSV)<a href="/hebrews/10-15.htm">Hebrews 10:15</a> And the Holy Spirit also bears us witness of it; for after what was said: (DBY RSV)<a href="/james/1-15.htm">James 1:15</a> Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin; and the sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death. (WEB)<a href="/1_peter/2-19.htm">1 Peter 2:19</a> For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a> The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise, in the sense in which some men speak of slowness. But He bears patiently with you, His desire being that no one should perish but that all should come to repentance. (WEY)<a href="/1_john/5-6.htm">1 John 5:6</a> This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus the Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is the truth. (DBY)<a href="/genesis/1-29.htm">Genesis 1:29</a> God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. (WEB)<a href="/genesis/49-21.htm">Genesis 49:21</a> "Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns. (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/genesis/50-15.htm">Genesis 50:15</a> When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all of the evil which we did to him." (See NAS)<a href="/exodus/21-4.htm">Exodus 21:4</a> If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm">Leviticus 12:2</a> "Speak to the children of Israel, saying,'If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean. (WEB NAS RSV)<a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Leviticus 12:5</a> But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six days. (WEB NAS RSV)<a href="/leviticus/12-7.htm">Leviticus 12:7</a> and he shall offer it before Yahweh, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. "'This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female. (WEB NAS RSV)<a href="/leviticus/20-17.htm">Leviticus 20:17</a> And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness: it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/1-31.htm">Deuteronomy 1:31</a> and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bore thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place. (See RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/25-6.htm">Deuteronomy 25:6</a> It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/28-57.htm">Deuteronomy 28:57</a> and against her afterbirth that cometh out from between her feet, and against her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in thy gates. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Deuteronomy 29:18</a> lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood; (WEB)<a href="/1_samuel/17-36.htm">1 Samuel 17:36</a> Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath taunted the armies of the living God.' (See RSV)<a href="/1_kings/8-43.htm">1 Kings 8:43</a> hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name. (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/2-24.htm">2 Kings 2:24</a> He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of those youths. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/6-33.htm">2 Chronicles 6:33</a> then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name. (See NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9</a> If evil come on us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save. (See NIV)<a href="/job/22-8.htm">Job 22:8</a> But as for the mighty man, he had the earth. The honorable man, he lived in it. it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: (WEB)<a href="/job/39-1.htm">Job 39:1</a> "Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns? (WEB NIV)<a href="/psalms/68-19.htm">Psalms 68:19</a> Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/25-18.htm">Proverbs 25:18</a> As a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, so is a man that beareth false witness against his neighbour. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/isaiah/3-9.htm">Isaiah 3:9</a> Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full. (See NAS)<a href="/isaiah/59-11.htm">Isaiah 59:11</a> We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/7-10.htm">Jeremiah 7:10</a> And come and take your place before me in this house, which is named by my name, and say, We have been made safe; so that you may do all these disgusting things? (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/7-14.htm">Jeremiah 7:14</a> For this reason I will do to the house which is named by my name, and in which you have put your faith, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Jeremiah 7:30</a> For the children of Judah have done what is evil in my eyes, says the Lord: they have put their disgusting images in the house which is named by my name, making it unclean. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/25-29.htm">Jeremiah 25:29</a> For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/32-34.htm">Jeremiah 32:34</a> But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it. (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/34-15.htm">Jeremiah 34:15</a> You had now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: (See NIV)<a href="/daniel/9-18.htm">Daniel 9:18</a> My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake. (See NIV)<a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Joel 2:22</a> Don't be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength. 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