'Lying' in the Bible

And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire.

"Sir," he said, "my servant at home is lying ill with paralysis, and is suffering great pain."

Here they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, my child; your sins are pardoned."

And you say, "'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering lying on it is bound by the oath.'

Finding themselves unable, however, to bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they untiled the roof just over His head, and after clearing an opening they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

So she went home, and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

"And whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe, he would be better off if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea.

And this is the token for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."

So they made haste and came and found Mary and Joseph, with the babe lying in the manger.

And even now the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which fails to yield good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire."

Instantly he stood up in their presence, took up the mattress on which he had been lying, and went away to his home, giving glory to God.

lying in wait to catch some unguarded expression from His lips.

It would be well for him if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea, rather than that he should cause even one of these little ones to fall.

The man who was lying in prison charged with riot and murder and for whom they clamoured he set free, but Jesus he gave up to be dealt with as they desired.

Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, "Do you wish to have health and strength?"

Now a certain man, named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill-- Bethany being the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths lying there on the ground, but he did not go in.

and the towel, which had been placed over the face of Jesus, not lying with the cloths, but folded up and put by itself.

I beg you not to comply; for more than forty men among them are lying in wait for him, who have solemnly vowed that they will neither eat nor drink till they have assassinated him; and even now they are ready, in anticipation of receiving that promise of you."

It happened, however, that his father was lying ill of dysentery aggravated by attacks of fever; so Paul went to see him, and, after praying, laid his hands on him and cured him.

I find therefore the law of my nature to be that when I desire to do what is right, evil is lying in ambush for me.

And I saw lying in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written on both sides and closely sealed with seven seals.