The word in Scripture

Gather in the Bible

The word gather appears 165 times in the King James Version of the Bible. To gather is to bring together into one. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What gather means in the Bible

To gather is to bring together into one.

Where the word gather appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word gather appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”Psalms 50:5

“They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.”Psalms 56:6

“Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.”Isaiah 54:15

“The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.”Isaiah 56:8

“Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?”Matthew 7:16

“He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?”Matthew 13:28

“When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.”John 6:12

“And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.”John 11:52