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Bible Verses About Plain

This collection includes 96 passages about Plain. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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Scripture Passages

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And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

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Reading context: Names the 'plain of Moreh' as a land feature; relevant to plain as terrain.

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And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

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Reading context: Central description of 'all the plain of Jordan' as well-watered land; directly fits.

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Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

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Reading context: Lot chooses 'all the plain of Jordan'; plain is used geographically.

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Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

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Reading context: Lot dwells in 'the cities of the plain'; refers to the same geographical plain.

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Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.

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Reading context: Abram dwells in 'the plain of Mamre'; plain denotes a land area.

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And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

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Reading context: Abram is located at 'the plain of Mamre'; geographical use of plain.

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And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

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Reading context: The Lord appears at 'the plains of Mamre'; plain is a place/terrain term.

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And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

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Reading context: Warns not to stay in 'all the plain'; refers to the flat land region.

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And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

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Reading context: God overthrows 'all the plain'; central geographical use in judgment narrative.

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And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

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Reading context: Abraham looks toward 'all the land of the plain'; plain means the land region.

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And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

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Reading context: God destroys 'the cities of the plain'; plain is the geographical area.

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And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

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Reading context: Israel camps in 'the plains of Moab'; plain is used for flat land.

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And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

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Reading context: Moses and Eleazar speak in 'the plains of Moab'; geographical plain.

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These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

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Reading context: Numbering occurs in 'the plains of Moab'; plain denotes the land area.

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And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

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Reading context: Camp is at 'the plains of Moab'; plain is a geographical location.

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And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

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Reading context: Israel pitches in 'the plains of Moab'; plain refers to flat terrain.

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And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth–jesimoth even unto Abel–shittim in the plains of Moab.

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Reading context: They camp in 'the plains of Moab'; geographical use of plains.

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And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

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Reading context: Uses 'plains of Moab' as the geographical place where God speaks to Moses.

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And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

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Reading context: Uses 'plains of Moab' as the geographical setting for God's command to Moses.

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These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

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Reading context: Uses 'plains of Moab' as the geographical location for Moses' final commands.

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These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

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Reading context: Uses 'plain' geographically in describing the wilderness region where Moses speaks.

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Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

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Reading context: Lists 'the plain' among geographical regions Israel is to enter.

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And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

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Reading context: Uses 'way of the plain' as a geographical route near Elath and Ezion-gaber.

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All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

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Reading context: Refers to 'cities of the plain' as geographical cities in the conquered territory.

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The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.

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Reading context: Uses 'the plain' and 'sea of the plain' for geographical land and the Salt Sea.

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Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

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Reading context: Locates Bezer 'in the plain country' as a geographical city of refuge.

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And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

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Reading context: Uses 'all the plain' and 'sea of the plain' for geographical territory east of Jordan.

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Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

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Reading context: Mentions 'plains of Moreh' as a geographical landmark near Gilgal.

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And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,

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Reading context: Uses 'plains of Moab' as the geographical starting point for Moses' ascent.

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And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

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Reading context: Uses 'plain of the valley of Jericho' as a geographical region shown to Moses.

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And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

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Reading context: Uses 'plains of Moab' as the geographical place where Israel mourns Moses.

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That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

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Reading context: Uses 'sea of the plain' geographically for the Salt Sea in the Jordan crossing account.

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About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

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Reading context: Uses 'plains of Jericho' as the geographical destination of armed Israelites.

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And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

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Reading context: Uses 'plains of Jericho' as the geographical place where Israel keeps Passover.

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And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

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Reading context: Uses 'the plain' geographically in the battle setting before Ai.

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And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

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Reading context: Uses 'plains south of Chinneroth' as a geographical region of Canaanite kings.

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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;

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Reading context: Lists 'the plain' among conquered regions, directly illustrating plain as a landform.

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Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

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Reading context: Boundary summary includes 'all the plain on the east'; geographic sense.

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And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah:

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Reading context: Mentions 'the plain' and 'sea of the plain' as geographic landmarks.

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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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Reading context: Explicitly groups 'plains' with mountains, valleys, and other land categories.

Read every passage in this collection (96)

Each reference opens its full verse with chapter context, saving and practice.

  1. Genesis 11:2
  2. Genesis 12:6
  3. Genesis 13:10
  4. Genesis 13:11
  5. Genesis 13:12
  6. Genesis 13:18
  7. Genesis 14:13
  8. Genesis 18:1
  9. Genesis 19:17
  10. Genesis 19:25
  11. Genesis 19:28
  12. Genesis 19:29
  13. Numbers 22:1
  14. Numbers 26:3
  15. Numbers 26:63
  16. Numbers 31:12
  17. Numbers 33:48
  18. Numbers 33:49
  19. Numbers 33:50
  20. Numbers 35:1
  21. Numbers 36:13
  22. Deuteronomy 1:1
  23. Deuteronomy 1:7
  24. Deuteronomy 2:8
  25. Deuteronomy 3:10
  26. Deuteronomy 3:17
  27. Deuteronomy 4:43
  28. Deuteronomy 4:49
  29. Deuteronomy 11:30
  30. Deuteronomy 34:1
  31. Deuteronomy 34:3
  32. Deuteronomy 34:8
  33. Joshua 3:16
  34. Joshua 4:13
  35. Joshua 5:10
  36. Joshua 8:14
  37. Joshua 11:2
  38. Joshua 11:16
  39. Joshua 12:1
  40. Joshua 12:3
  41. Joshua 12:8
  42. Joshua 13:9
  43. Joshua 13:16
  44. Joshua 13:17
  45. Joshua 13:21
  46. Joshua 13:32
  47. Joshua 20:8
  48. Judges 4:11
  49. Judges 9:6
  50. Judges 9:37
  51. Judges 11:33
  52. 1 Samuel 10:3
  53. 1 Samuel 23:24
  54. 2 Samuel 2:29
  55. 2 Samuel 4:7
  56. 2 Samuel 15:28
  57. 2 Samuel 17:16
  58. 2 Samuel 18:23
  59. 1 Kings 7:46
  60. 1 Kings 20:23
  61. 1 Kings 20:25
  62. 2 Kings 14:25
  63. 2 Kings 25:4
  64. 2 Kings 25:5
  65. 1 Chronicles 27:28
  66. 2 Chronicles 4:17
  67. 2 Chronicles 9:27
  68. 2 Chronicles 26:10
  69. Nehemiah 3:22
  70. Nehemiah 6:2
  71. Nehemiah 12:28
  72. Isaiah 28:25
  73. Isaiah 40:4
  74. Jeremiah 17:26
  75. Jeremiah 21:13
  76. Jeremiah 39:4
  77. Jeremiah 39:5
  78. Jeremiah 48:8
  79. Jeremiah 48:21
  80. Jeremiah 52:7
  81. Jeremiah 52:8
  82. Ezekiel 3:22
  83. Ezekiel 3:23
  84. Ezekiel 8:4
  85. Daniel 3:1
  86. Amos 1:5
  87. Obadiah 1:19
  88. Zechariah 4:7
  89. Zechariah 7:7
  90. Mark 7:35
  91. John 10:24
  92. John 11:14
  93. John 16:25
  94. John 16:29
  95. 2 Corinthians 3:12
  96. Hebrews 11:14

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This collection includes every English KJV verse containing “plain” or “plains” or “plainly” or “plainness” (96 verses), except 13 where the words are used in a different sense; each exclusion is recorded. Read each verse in its chapter.

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