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Bowels

(Phil. 1:8; 2:1; Col. 3:12), compassionate feelings; R.V., “tender mercies.”

In the Bible

38

Verses where Bowels is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 John 3:17

    If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

  • 1 Kings 3:26

    Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”

  • 2 Chronicles 21:15

    And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”

  • 2 Chronicles 21:18

    After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:19

    This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:21

    and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

+32 more verses naming Bowels.

Voices on Bowels

1

Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.

Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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