What Does the Bible Say About Bones?

“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish”

“And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.”

“And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.”

“Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. have: Heb. took pains about me”

“His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.”

“When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.”

“He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.”

“Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.”

“Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”

“It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. health: Heb. medicine marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening”

“A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”

“The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.”

“Pleasant words are as an honeycomb , sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. like: or, to”

“And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. drought: Heb. droughts fail: Heb. lie, or, deceive”

“The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,”

“And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. valley: or, champaign”

“And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.”

“Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.”

“Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:”

“And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.”

“So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.”

“And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.”

“Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. wind: or, breath”

“So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.”

“Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.”

“Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.”

“And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,”

“And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.”

“For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.”

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”