22 Bible Verses About Plain
In the sacred texts, we find the profound unveiling of truths, often presented with a divine clarity that pierces through earthly obfuscation. To explore what is "plain" in scripture is to seek the straight paths laid out before us, to grasp the simple, essential wisdom that undergirds complex realities. These verses illuminate the unvarnished nature of God's ways and the directness required in our walk with Him. Through the Bible's plain declarations, we are called to an authentic understanding, guided toward lives built not on pretense, but on foundational truth made accessible through the Spirit.
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And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
Seeking Plain Truths in Scripture
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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.
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.
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
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.
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
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.
And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
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.
All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
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.
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;
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–baal, and Beth–baal–meon,
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
These scriptural glimpses into the 'plain' underscore a divine preference for clarity and sincerity. They reveal a God whose truth is not hidden in complexity but accessible to the honest heart, whose path is not labyrinthine but straightforward for those who seek it with pure intention. The call is therefore inward: to strip away layers of pretense, to speak with unvarnished truth, and to walk the simple way illuminated by His word. Such plainness is not poverty of thought, but the profound richness of authenticity, a necessary foundation for truly apprehending God and living in accordance with His discernible will. Let us seek this divine simplicity, for in it lies strength and peace, a counterpoint to the world's convoluted ways.