Bible Verses About South Country
Bible verses about South Country
Discover what the Bible says about south country.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
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And Abraham journeyed from thence towards the south country, and dwelt between Kadash and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
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The black horses which [are] therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grizzled go forth towards the south country.
And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with its villages, and Timnah with its villages, Gimzo also and its villages: and they dwelt there.
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
And being warned by God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.
And when he had come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this [man] this wisdom, and [these] mighty works?
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.
And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all the surrounding country, and brought to him all that were diseased;
Hear another parable; There was a certain householder, who planted a vineyard, and hedged it around, and digged a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a remote country:
For [the kingdom of heaven is] as a man traveling into a far country, [who] called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods.
And fear came on all that dwelt around them; and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill-country of Judea.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins;
And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
When they that fed [them] saw what was done, they fled, and went and told [it] in the city and in the country.
Then the whole multitude of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes, besought him to depart from them: for they were taken with great fear. And he went into the boat, and returned.
And when the day began to decline, then came the twelve, and said to him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country around, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.
And they will come from the east, and [from] the west, and from the north, and [from] the south, and will sit down in the kingdom of God.
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.
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Then he began to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear [it] after Jesus.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence to a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
For promotion [cometh] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.
But they, when they had departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill-country with haste, into a city of Judah,
And he said, Verily I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
And the fame of him went out into every place of the surrounding country.
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
And when [ye perceive] the south wind blowing, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.