לָקַח

Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?

Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

…who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.

I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,

Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

May his days be few; may another take his position.

…and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.

Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.

My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”

Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.

He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.

Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.

…or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.

…until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

“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.”

He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”

Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.