Topic
Rid; Riddance
8 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 37:22ISBE
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
- Exodus 6:6ISBE
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
- Leviticus 23:22ISBE
¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD…
- Leviticus 26:6ISBE
And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
- Psalms 82:4ISBE
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
- Psalms 144:7ISBE
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
- Psalms 144:11ISBE
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
- Zephaniah 1:18ISBE
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 9 references
rid, rid'-ans: "Rid" originally meant "rescue" (the King James Version Ge 37:22; Ex 6:6; Ps 82:4; 144:7,11), whence the meaning "remove" or "clean out" (Le 26:6 the King James Version, with "riddance" in Le 23:22; Ze 1:18). The word occurs in the American Standard Revised Version and in the English Revised Version in Ex 6:6.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.