Topic
Sieve
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From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.
Figurative
- Isaiah 30:28 His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
- Amos 9:9 “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
- Luke 22:31 Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.
Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “sieve” →
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.