Ground

And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.

While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet,

I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.

While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.

On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.

Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.

Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.

Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?

On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.

There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?

I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”

“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground.

But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.

Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable.”

So they brought him, and seeing Jesus, the spirit immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from Him.

But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”

Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.

The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

Even while the boy was approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground in a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.

And again He bent down and wrote on the ground.

When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.

I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.