Occurrences
Yêtser occurs 9 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Chronicles (2), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2), Habakkuk (1)
- Genesis 6:5 — And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination (יֵ֙צֶר֙) of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination (יֵ֣צֶר) of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Deuteronomy 31:21 — And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination (יִצְר֗וֹ) which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations (יֵ֥צֶר) of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
- 1 Chronicles 29:18 — O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination (לְיֵ֥צֶר) of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
- Psalms 103:14 — For he knoweth our frame (יִצְרֵ֑נוּ); he remembereth that we are dust.
- Isaiah 26:3 — Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind (יֵ֣צֶר) is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
- Isaiah 29:16 — Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed (וְיֵ֛צֶר) say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
- Habakkuk 2:18 — What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work (יִצְרוֹ֙) trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?