Substance

• Seven

For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living Substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

And every living Substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

• Prayer

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their Substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their Substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great Substance.

Shall not their cattle and their Substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his Substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the Substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

• Prayer

Bless, LORD, his Substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their Substance.

And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the Substance which was king David's.

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the Substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the Substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

He appointed also the king's portion of his Substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

• Blessing

Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him Substance very much.

And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's Substance.

• Fasting
• Prayer

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our Substance.

• Government

And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his Substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

• Job

His Substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

• Blessing

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his Substance is increased in the land.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their Substance.

Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your Substance?

He shall not be rich, neither shall his Substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his Substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

Whereas our Substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my Substance.

• Happiness

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their Substance to their babes.

He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his Substance:

My Substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Thine eyes did see my Substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

We shall find all precious Substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Honour the LORD with thy Substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the Substance of his house.

That I may cause those that love me to inherit Substance; and I will fill their treasures.

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the Substance of the wicked.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the Substance of a diligent man is precious.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his Substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

• Wisdom

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his Substance.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the Substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose Substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the Substance thereof.

Thy Substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

O my mountain in the field, I will give thy Substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.

• Israelites
• Self-delusion

And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out Substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their Substance in the day of their calamity;

• Iron

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their Substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their Substance.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his Substance with riotous living.

For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring Substance.

Now faith is the Substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.