325 verses contain “Began” (in the KJV: 215, in the BSB: 200) — showing 301–325
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And I opened my mouth, and began to talk before the most High, and said,
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.
And when it was in my house, and
began to cry, I said unto her, From whence is this
kid? is it not
stolen? render it to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat any thing that is
stolen.
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.
Then his wife said unto him, My son is dead, seeing he stayeth long; and she
began to
wail him, and said,
Then
Judith began to sing this
thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people
sang after her this song of praise.
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.
Then
began the fear of
Judas and his brethren, and an exceeding great
dread, to fall upon the nations round about them:
Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and
thereupon they
began to
slay and destroy the people.
Now after the death of
Judas the wicked
began to put forth their heads in all the coasts of Israel, and there arose up all such as wrought iniquity.
And as he
began to pull down, even at that time was Alcimus plagued, and his enterprizes hindered: for his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a
palsy, so that he could no more speak any thing, nor give order concerning his house.
And when he
began to
smite them, and came up with his forces, Simon and his company went out of the city, and burned up the engines of war,
Thus the sword ceased from Israel: but
Jonathan dwelt at Machmas, and
began to
govern the people; and he destroyed the ungodly men out of Israel.
This done,
Jonathan settled himself in Jerusalem, and
began to build and repair the city.
Wherefore the king fled into the court, but they of the city kept the passages of the city, and began to fight.
Then the people of Israel began to write in their instruments and contracts, In the first year of Simon the high priest, the governor and leader of the Jews.
So Cendebeus came to Jamnia and
began to
provoke the people and to
invade Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and
slay them.
Whereupon the common people rising, and being filled with
rage,
Lysimachus armed about three thousand men, and
began first to offer violence; one Auranus being the leader, a man far gone in years, and no less in folly.
But he
began to consider
discreetly, and as became his age, and the
excellency of his ancient years, and the honour of his gray head,
whereon was come, and his most
honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them
straightways to send him to the grave.
Here therefore, being plagued, he
began to leave off his great pride, and to come to the knowledge of himself by the
scourge of God, his pain increasing every moment.
And with that he
began in his own language, and sung psalms with a loud voice, and
rushing unawares upon
Gorgias’ men, he put them to flight.
Notwithstanding, when Maccabeus saw that Nicanor
began to be
churlish unto him, and that he
entreated him more roughly than he was
wont, perceiving that such
sour behaviour came not of good, he gathered together not a few of his men, and withdrew himself from Nicanor.