Waist

22 times in 20 verses

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Occurrences

22 total
  1. Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
  2. Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.
  3. Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
  4. The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
  5. “He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.
  6. The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
  7. Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.
  8. Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.
  9. …the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
  10. This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
  11. So I bought a loincloth in accordance with the word of the LORD, and I put it around my waist.
  12. For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
  13. For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
  14. From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.
  15. From what seemed to be His waist up, I saw a gleam like amber, with what looked like fire within it all around. And from what seemed to be His waist down, I saw what looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded Him.
  16. Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.
  17. Then I looked and saw a figure like that of a man. From His waist down His appearance was like fire, and from His waist up He was as bright as the gleam of amber.
  18. I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
  19. John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
  20. John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
  21. So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.
  22. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,