'Set' in the Bible

They have set among them the matters of His signs, And wonders in the land of Ham.

Then a fire burned among their company, a flame that set the wicked ablaze.

And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.

I have chosen the way of truth;I have set Your ordinances before me.

I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY

I examined my lifestyle and set my feet in the direction of your decrees.

Lamed. To the age, O Jehovah, Thy word is set up in the heavens.

The wicked have set a trap for me,but I have not wandered from Your precepts.

I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH

Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.

For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

There I will cause a horn to grow for David; I will set a lamp for my anointed one.

You barricade me behind and in front, and set your hand upon me.

Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Protect me from the trap they have set for me,and from the snares of evildoers.

In the morning let me hear of your gracious love, for in you I trust. Cause me to know the way I should take, because I have set my hope on you.

Reach down from heaven;rescue me from deep water, and set me freefrom the grasp of foreigners

Set me free and rescue mefrom the grasp of foreignerswhose mouths speak lies,whose right hands are deceptive.

He set them in position forever and ever;He gave an order that will never pass away.

They praise the name of Jehovah, For His name alone hath been set on high, His honour is above earth and heavens.

If they say—“Come with us!Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

my son, don’t travel that road with themor set foot on their path,

but they set an ambush to kill themselves;they attack their own lives.

But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, and by understanding he set the heavens in place.

Don’t set foot on the path of the wicked;don’t proceed in the way of evil ones.

I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

before the mountains were set in place -- before the hills -- I was born,

When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

when He set a limit for the seaso that the waters would not violate His command,when He laid out the foundations of the earth.

Wisdom has built her [spacious and sufficient] house;She has hewn out and set up her seven pillars.

She has prepared her meat; she has mixed her wine;she has also set her table.

Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom [is] with those who take advice.

Desire realized is sweet to the soul;But it is detestable to fools to turn away from evil [which they have planned].

A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

Discipline your son while there is still hope but don't set your heart on his destruction.

Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Wicked man, don’t set an ambush,at the camp of the righteous man;don’t destroy his dwelling.

And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction,

Like golden apples set in silver is a word spoken at the right time.

Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house;otherwise, he’ll get sick of you and hate you.

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

Scornful men set the city in a flame; but the wise turn away anger.

Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high.

the badgers [are] a people [who are] not mighty, yet they set their house on the rock;

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

I also examined on earth: where the halls of justice were supposed to be, there was lawlessness; and where the righteous were supposed to be, there was lawlessness. 17I told myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked, because there is a time set to judge every event and every work."

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things , and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

Before I was aware, My soul set me upon the chariots of my willing people.

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Your new moons and your set seasons hath My soul hated, They have been upon me for a burden, I have been weary of bearing.

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

And ye have said in that day, Give ye praise to Jehovah, call in His name. Make known among the peoples His acts. Make mention that set on high is His name.

Set ye up an ensign upon the bare mountain, lift up the voice unto them, wave the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

You said to yourself:“I will ascend to the heavens;I will set up my throneabove the stars of God.I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,in the remotest parts of the North.

Howl, O gate; cry, O city, Melted art thou, Philistia, all of thee, For from the north smoke hath come, And there is none alone in his set places.

For the waters of Dimon have been full of blood, For I set on Dimon additions, For the escaped of Moab a lion, And for the remnant of Adamah!

Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

They set the tables; they spread the carpets; they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers! Oil the shields!"

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

“Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder,When he opens no one will shut,When he shuts no one will open.

I'll set him like a peg into a secure place; he will become a throne of honor to his father's house.

Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

Her gain and her harlot’s wages will be set apart to the Lord; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord.

For He bowed down the dwellers on high, A city set on high He maketh low, He maketh it low unto the earth, He causeth it to come unto the dust,

Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.

Doth he not, when he hath levelled the face thereof, cast abroad dill, and scatter cummin, and set the wheat in rows, and the barley in an appointed place, and the rye in its border?

I will camp in a circle around you;I will besiege you with earth ramps,and I will set up my siege towers against you.