39 verses contain “Afore” (in the KJV: 39, in the BSB: 0) — showing 1–39
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And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
Before Isaiah had left the middle
courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where
aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the
frankincense, and the vessels, and the
tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the
porters; and the offerings of the priests.
and had prepared for
Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the
frankincense, the temple articles, and the
tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
He has made me a
byword among the people, a man in whose face they
spit.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which
withers before it can grow,
For
afore the harvest, when the
bud is perfect, and the
sour grape is
ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruninghooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
For before the harvest, when the
blossom is gone and the flower becomes a
ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a
pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down
aforetime into Egypt to
sojourn there; and the Assyrian
oppressed them without cause.
For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria
oppressed them without cause.
Their children also shall be as
aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will
punish all that
oppress them.
Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will
punish all their oppressors.
Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening,
afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more
dumb.
Now the evening before the
fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer
mute.
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he
kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave
thanks before his God, as he did
aforetime.
Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave
thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
She has done what she could to
anoint My body in advance of My burial.
They brought to the
Pharisees the man who had been blind.
(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
the gospel He promised
beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
What if He did this to make the riches of His glory known to the vessels of His mercy, whom He prepared in advance for glory—
For
whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning, that we through
patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through
endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
How that by revelation he made known unto me the
mystery; (as I wrote
afore in few words,
that is, the
mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.
And he commanded that
whosoever should
transgress,
yea, or make light of any thing
afore spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he
thereon be
hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.
Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the night afore was sent unto me,
And when I had made an end of speaking these words, there was sent unto me the angel which had been sent unto me the nights afore:
For as the things
aforesaid shalt receive you, so
thirst and pain are prepared for them: for it was not his will that men should come to
nought:
The next day Holofernes commanded all his army, and all his people which were come to take his part, that they should remove their camp against Bethulia, to take
aforehand the ascents of the hill country, and to make war against the children of Israel.
For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these days neither tribe, nor family, nor people, nor city among us, which worship gods made with hands, as hath been
aforetime.
So when they were put
asunder one from another, he called one of them, and said unto him, O thou that art
waxen old in wickedness, now thy sins which thou hast committed
aforetime are come to light.
Wherefore the Israelites assembled themselves together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem; for in Maspha was the place where they prayed
aforetime in Israel.
When therefore he had restored unto him the prisoners that he had taken
aforetime out of the land of
Judea, he returned and went his way into his own land, neither came he any more into their borders.
Wherefore we have
ratified unto them the borders of
Judea, with the three governments of Apherema and
Lydda and Ramathem, that are added unto
Judea from the country of Samaria, and all things
appertaining unto them, for all such as do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them yearly
aforetime out of the fruits of the earth and of trees.
Moreover there was one Tryphon, that had been of Alexander’s part
afore, who, seeing that all the host
murmured against
Demetrius, went to Simalcue the Arabian that brought up
Antiochus the young son of Alexander,
Now when
Jonathan heard that Demebius’ princes were come to fight against him with a greater host than
afore,
Nevertheless he would not receive them, but
brake all the covenants which he had made with him
afore, and became strange unto him.
Now one had run
afore to Gazera and told John that his father and brethren were slain, and,
quoth he, Ptolemee hath sent to
slay thee also.
When this was done, and the time came that the sun
shone, which
afore was
hid in the cloud, there was a great fire
kindled, so that every man
marvelled.
But they praised the Lord, that had
miraculously honoured his own place: for the temple; which a little
afore was full of fear and trouble, when the
Almighty Lord appeared, was filled with joy and
gladness.
This Simon now, of whom we spake
afore, having been a
betrayer of the money, and of his country,
slandered Onias, as if he had
terrified Heliodorus, and been the worker of these evils.
Three years afterward
Jason sent
Menelaus, the
aforesaid Simon’s brother, to bear the money unto the king, and to put him in mind of certain necessary matters.
And thus he that a little
afore thought he might command the waves of the sea, (so proud was he beyond the condition of man) and
weigh the high mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground, and carried in an
horselitter,
shewing forth unto all the manifest power of God.
And the man, that thought a little
afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could
endure to carry for his
intolerable stink.
And they kept the eight days with
gladness, as in the feast of the tabernacles, remembering that not long
afore they had held the feast of the tabernacles, when as they
wandered in the mountains and dens like beasts.
First,
verily for the
unfeigned care I have of things pertaining to the king; and secondly, even for that I intend the good of mine own countrymen: for all our nation is in no small misery through the
unadvised dealing of them
aforersaid.
And so comforting them out of the law and the prophets, and
withal putting them in mind of the battles that they won
afore, he made them more
cheerful.