Settle

And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”

The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”

You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.

…you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”

Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”

…the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land. They may dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any talented men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”

Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.

For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it,

When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,

Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”

Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.

The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.

He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes.

For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?

The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.

“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”

Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.

I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.

Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.

I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.

Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.

Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?