9 occurrences in 6 translations

'Shrivel' in the Bible

at this point the priest must make the woman take the oath with the sworn curse, and he is to say to her—‘May the Lord make you into an object of your people’s cursing and swearing when He makes your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

Verse ConceptsWasteThighsSwellingPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach, causing your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’“And the woman must reply, ‘Amen, Amen.’

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodThighsAmenSwelling

“When he makes her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, and her thigh will shrivel. She will become a curse among her people.

Verse ConceptsThighsRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitter WaterSwellingBitternessInfidelityHurt And Betrayaladultry

They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone;they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else.They wither like heads of grain.

Verse ConceptsAbhorWorldly AmbitionHumbling The Proud

Then the fishermen will mourn.All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,and those who spread nets on the water will shrivel up.

Verse ConceptsFishesLamentingNetsOccupationsFishermen

The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.

Verse ConceptsdrynessShortage Of WineMourning Due To Catastrophe

“Be appalled, O heavens, at this;Be shocked and shudder with horror [at the behavior of the people],” says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

Seeds shrivel within their furrows, the storehouses lie empty, and granaries stand in ruins because the grain has withered.

Verse ConceptsBarnsGrainStoringTitles And Names Of Ministers

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Shrink (16 instances)
Shrivel (9 instances)
Wither (39 instances)

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