Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
15 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “down” →
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
