Seven

Week consists of

• Genesis 2:3

  And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

• Exodus 20:11

  For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

• Deuteronomy 5:13

  Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:

• Deuteronomy 5:14

  But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.

Noah in the ark before the great flood for

• Genesis 7:4

  For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

• Genesis 7:10

  And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

Noah remains in the ark after sending forth the dove for

• Genesis 8:10

  And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

• Genesis 8:12

  And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

Mourning for Jacob lasted for

• Genesis 50:10

  And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

The sympathy for JOB by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar for

• Job 2:13

  So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

The plague of bloody waters in Egypt lasted for

• Exodus 7:25

  And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.

The Israelites encircled Jericho for

• Joshua 6:4

  And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

The Passover lasted for

• Exodus 12:15

  Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Saul directed by Samuel to stay at Gilgal awaiting the prophet' s command for

• 1 Samuel 10:8

  And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.

• 1 Samuel 13:8

  And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

The elders of Jabesh-gilead ask for a truce of

• 1 Samuel 11:3

  And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

Dedication of the temple lasted double

• 1 Kings 8:65

  And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

Ezekiel sits by the Chebar River in astonishment for

• Ezekiel 3:15

  Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.

The Feast of Tabernacles lasted for

• Leviticus 23:34

  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.

• Leviticus 23:42

  Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:

The consecration of priests and altars lasted for

• Exodus 29:30

  And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

• Exodus 29:35

  And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

• Ezekiel 43:25

  Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.

• Ezekiel 43:26

  Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves.

Defilements lasted for

• Leviticus 12:2

  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

• Leviticus 13:4

  If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:

Fasts of

• 1 Samuel 31:13

  And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

• 2 Samuel 12:16

  David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

• 2 Samuel 12:18

  And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?

• 2 Samuel 12:22

  And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

The firstborn of flocks and sheep must remain with their mothers, before being offered

• Exodus 22:30

  Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.

The feast of Ahasuerus continued for

• Esther 1:5

  And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;

Paul waits at Tyre for

• Acts 21:4

  And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

Paul stays at Puteoli for

• Acts 28:14

  Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.

In Daniel' s vision concerning the coming of the Messiah for

• Daniel 9:25

  Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.

Ten times for

• Daniel 9:24

  Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

The period between the Passover Feast and the Feast of Pentecost

• Leviticus 23:15

  And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:

Holy convocations in the seventh month

• Leviticus 23:24–44

  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, …

• Ezekiel 45:25

  In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.

Numbers 29

Jacob serves for each of his wives for

• Genesis 29:15–30

  And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. …

Of abundance for

• Genesis 41:1–32

  And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. …

• Genesis 41:53

  And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.

A famine lasted in Egypt for

• Genesis 41:1–32

  And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. …

• Genesis 41:54–56

  And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

A famine lasted in Canaan for

• 2 Samuel 24:13

  So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

• 2 Kings 8:1

  Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

The insanity of Nebuchadnezzar for

• Daniel 4:32

  And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Seven times, the period between the jubilees

• Leviticus 25:8

  And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.

Of the ceremonially clean creatures taken into Noah' s ark

• Genesis 7:2

  Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Abraham gives Abimelech seven lambs

• Genesis 21:28

  And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

Rams and bullocks to the number of, required in sarifices

• Leviticus 23:18

  And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.

• Numbers 23:1

  And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

• Numbers 29:32

  And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:

• 1 Chronicles 15:26

  And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

• Ezekiel 45:23

  And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

The sprinkling of blood seven times

• Leviticus 4:6

  And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.

• Leviticus 14:7

  And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.

The sprinkling of oil seven times

• Leviticus 14:16

  And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:

Seven cows and seven ears of grain in Pharaoh' s vision

• Genesis 41:2–7

  And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. …

The Israelites surrounded Jericho seven times, and on the seventh day sounding seven trumpets

• Joshua 6:4

  And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

Elisha' s servant looked seven times for the appearance of rain

• 1 Kings 18:43

  And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

Naaman was required to wash in the Jordan River seven times

• 2 Kings 5:10

  And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

The seven steps in the temple seen in Ezekiel' s vision

• Ezekiel 40:22

  And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

• Ezekiel 40:26

  And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.

The heat of Nebuchadnezzars furnace was intensified sevenfold

• Daniel 3:19

  Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

The light of the sun was intensified sevenfold

• Isaiah 30:26

  Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

The threatened punishment of Israel was sevenfold

• Leviticus 26:18–21

  And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. …

Silver was purified seven times

• Psalms 12:6

  The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

Worshiping seven times a day

• Psalms 119:164

  Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Seven chamberlains at the court of Ahasuerus

• Esther 1:10

  On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

Seven princes

• Esther 1:14

  And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)

Seven counsellors at the court of Artaxerxes

• Ezra 7:14

  Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;

Seven maidens given to Esther

• Esther 2:9

  And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.

Symbolical

Of many sons

• Ruth 4:15

  And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.

• 1 Samuel 2:5

  They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

• Jeremiah 15:9

  She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.

Of liberality

• Ecclesiastes 11:1

  Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

• Ecclesiastes 11:2

  Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Seven magi (wise men)

• Proverbs 26:16

  The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Seven women will seek a polyandrous marriage

• Isaiah 4:1

  And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

Seven shepherds to be sent forth against Assyria

• Micah 5:5

  And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

• Micah 5:6

  And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

Seven lamps and pipes

• Zechariah 4:2

  And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

Seven servants (Greek: diakonoi) in the Jerusalem congregations

• Acts 6:3

  Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

Seven congregations in Asia

• Revelation 1:4

  John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

• Revelation 1:20

  The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Seven seals

• Revelation 5:1

  And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

Seven thunders

• Revelation 10:3

  And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

Seven heads and seven crowns

• Revelation 12:3

  And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

• Revelation 13:1

  And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

• Revelation 17:9

  And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

Seven kings

• Revelation 17:10

  And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

Seven stars

• Revelation 1:16

  And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

• Revelation 1:20

  The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

• Revelation 3:1

  And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

• Amos 5:8

  Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

Seven spirits

• Revelation 1:4

  John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

• Revelation 3:1

  And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

• Revelation 4:5

  And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

• Revelation 5:6

  And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

Seven eyes of the Lord

• Zechariah 3:9

  For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

• Zechariah 4:10

  For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

• Revelation 5:6

  And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

Seven golden lampstands

• Revelation 1:12

  And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

Seven angels with seven trumpets

• Revelation 8:2

  And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.

Seven plagues

• Revelation 15:1

  And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

Seven horns and seven eyes

• Revelation 5:6

  And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

Seven angels with seven plagues

• Revelation 15:6

  And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

Seven golden vials

• Revelation 15:7

  And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.

The scarlet-colored beast having seven heads

• Revelation 17:3

  So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

• Revelation 17:7

  And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.