843 verses contain “Beg” (in the KJV: 659, in the BSB: 381) — showing 701–800
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Then king Artexerxes his letters being read, Rathumus, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest that were in commission with them, removing in haste toward Jerusalem with a troop of horsemen and a multitude of people in battle array, began to hinder the builders; and the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
And he said unto them, Declare unto us your mind concerning the writings. Then began the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine;
Then the second, that had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say,
Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of the truth, (this was Zorobabel) began to speak.
Then the king and the princes looked one upon another: so he began to speak of the truth.
And all they that had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month, although the temple of the Lord was not yet built.
And in the second year and second month after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and the priests, and the Levites, and all they that were come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity:
Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salatiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them, and helping them.
And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem by the mighty hand of our Lord, which was with us: and from the beginning of our journey the Lord delivered us from every enemy, and so we came to Jerusalem.
For both they and their sons have married with their daughters, and the holy seed is mixed with the strange people of the land; and from the beginning of this matter the rulers and the great men have been partakers of this iniquity.
I led you through the sea and in the beginning gave you a large and safe passage; I gave you Moses for a leader, and Aaron for a priest.
And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words full of fear to the most High, and said,
And it happened, that when they that dwelt upon the earth began to multiply, and had gotten them many children, and were a great people, they began again to be more ungodly than the first.
For the grain of evil seed hath been sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much ungodliness hath it brought up unto this time? and how much shall it yet bring forth until the time of threshing come?
From the beginning, look, what thou desirest to see, it shall be shewed thee.
And my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began to talk with the most High again,
And so are they that come after you less than ye, as the creatures which now begin to be old, and have passed over the strength of youth.
And he said unto me, In the beginning, when the earth was made, before the borders of the world stood, or ever the winds blew,
Then answered I and said, What shall be the parting asunder of the times? or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of it that followeth?
For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.
And it said, Behold, the days come, that I will begin to draw nigh, and to visit them that dwell upon the earth,
And will begin to make inquisition of them, what they be that have hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the affliction of Sion shall be fulfilled;
And in the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again, and I began to speak before the most High.
And I said, O Lord, thou spakest from the beginning of the creation, even the first day, and saidst thus; Let heaven and earth be made; and thy word was a perfect work.
And now, O Lord, behold, these heathen, which have ever been reputed as nothing, have begun to be lords over us, and to devour us.
But the day of doom shall be the end of this time, and the beginning of the immortality for to come, wherein corruption is past,
For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not that we should begin to suffer for it after death.
Therefore will I begin to pray before thee for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land.
Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall speak before thee. This is the beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up: and I said,
Behold, O Lord, now hast thou shewed me the multitude of the wonders, which thou wilt begin to do in the last times: but at what time, thou hast not shewed me.
Then shalt thou understand, that it is the very same time, wherein the Highest will begin to visit the world which he made.
Then shalt thou well understand, that the most High spake of those things from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning.
For like as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, and the end is manifest:
Even so the times also of the Highest have plain beginnings in wonder and powerful works, and endings in effects and signs.
Shall be preserved from the said perils, and shall see my salvation in my land, and within my borders: for I have sanctified them for me from the beginning.
And I opened my mouth, and began to talk before the most High, and said,
Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with labour; even so the earth also hath given her fruit, namely, man, ever since the beginning unto him that made her.
Thou sawest a woman mourning, and thou begannest to comfort her:
And, behold, thou sawest her likeness, and because she mourned for her son, thou begannest to comfort her: and of these things which have chanced, these are to be opened unto thee.
For in the place wherein the Highest beginneth to shew his city, there can no man’s building be able to stand.
Hear thou that hast borne rule over the earth so long: this I say unto thee, before thou beginnest to appear no more,
Whereof the second shall begin to reign, and shall have more time than any of the twelve.
That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings, and it shall stand in peril of failing: nevertheless it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again to his beginning.
And two of them shall perish, the middle time approaching: four shall be kept until their end begin to approach: but two shall be kept unto the end.
For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy, those that have been pressed upon my borders, and he shall make them joyful until the coming of the day of judgment, whereof I have spoken unto thee from the beginning.
Thou hast shewed thy servant these wonders from the beginning, and hast counted me worthy that thou shouldest receive my prayer:
Behold, the days come, when the most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth.
Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come,
For the world hath lost his youth, and the times begin to wax old.
For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the work that shall begin.
But if I have found grace before thee, send the Holy Ghost into me, and I shall write all that hath been done in the world since the beginning, which were written in thy law, that men may find thy path, and that they which will live in the latter days may live.
Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, from whence they were delivered:
For strong is his right hand that bendeth the bow, his arrows that he shooteth are sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world.
The beginning of sorrows and great mournings; the beginning of famine and great death; the beginning of wars, and the powers shall stand in fear; the beginning of evils! what shall I do when these evils shall come?
Furthermore, when I was come to the age of a man, I married Anna of mine own kindred, and of her I begat Tobias.
Beware of all whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy father’s tribe: for we are the children of the prophets, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: remember, my son, that our fathers from the beginning, even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed shall inherit the land.
And the devil shall smell it, and flee away, and never come again any more: but when thou shalt come to her, rise up both of you, and pray to God which is merciful, who will have pity on you, and save you: fear not, for she is appointed unto thee from the beginning; and thou shalt preserve her, and she shall go with thee. Moreover I suppose that she shall bear thee children. Now when Tobias had heard these things, he loved her, and his heart was effectually joined to her.
Then they began to eat.
Then began Tobias to say, Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed is thy holy and glorious name for ever; let the heavens bless thee, and all thy creatures.
Thou art to be praised because thou hast had mercy of two that were the only begotten children of their fathers: grant them mercy, O Lord, and finish their life in health with joy and mercy.
Then his wife said unto him, My son is dead, seeing he stayeth long; and she began to wail him, and said,
For this is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of thy days all the people have known thy understanding, because the disposition of thine heart is good.
Then Judith began to sing this thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people sang after her this song of praise.
For children begotten of unlawful beds are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.
Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.
For the very true beginning of her is the desire of discipline; and the care of discipline is love;
As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.
For there is no king that had any other beginning of birth.
The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons:
Thou hast commanded me to build a temple upon thy holy mount, and an altar in the city wherein thou dwellest, a resemblance of the holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning.
For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou art the Lord of all, it maketh thee to be gracious unto all.
For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.
For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever.
For the worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil.
To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was created with the faithful in the womb.
Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?
The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his heart is turned away from his Maker.
For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, and overthrew them utterly.
Error and darkness had their beginning together with sinners: and evil shall wax old with them that glory therein.
A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends.