576 verses contain “Being” (in the KJV: 462, in the BSB: 138) — showing 401–500
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Having set the priests according to their daily courses,
being arrayed in long garments, in the temple of the Lord.
Then
gat he up upon his second
chariot; and
being brought back to Jerusalem died, and was buried in his father’s
sepulchre.
And Joacim his son reigned in his
stead: he was made king
being eighteen years old;
So far forth, that he,
being wroth with his people for their great
ungodliness, commanded the kings of the Chaldees to come up against them;
Be it now known to the lord king, that the Jews that are up from you to us,
being come into Jerusalem, that
rebellious and wicked city, do build the marketplaces, and repair the walls of it and do lay the foundation of the temple.
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.
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.
Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that
being come into the country of
Judea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem we found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the Jews that were of the captivity
Then the same Sanabassarus,
being come
hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this
being still a building, it is not yet fully ended.
This
Esdras went up from Babylon, as a
scribe,
being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel.
Having determined to deal
graciously, I have given order, that such of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and Levites
being within our realm, as are willing and
desirous should go with thee unto Jerusalem.
How should thy vessel then be able to
comprehend the way of the Highest, and, the world
being now outwardly corrupted to understand the corruption that is evident in my sight?
Upon the third day thou
didst command that the waters should be gathered in the seventh part of the earth: six parts hast thou dried up, and kept them, to the intent that of these some
being planted of God and tilled might serve thee.
And that there is promised us an
everlasting hope, whereas ourselves
being most wicked are made vain?
And
being judge, if he should not
forgive them that are cured with his word, and put out the multitude of contentions,
And, lo, it is a custom, when the ground hath received seed, or the sea a ship, or any vessel meat or drink, that, that being perished wherein it was sown or cast into,
That all the earth may be refreshed, and may return, being delivered from thy violence, and that she may hope for the judgment and mercy of him that made her.
And
Sion shall come, and shall be shewed to all men,
being prepared and builded, like as thou sawest the hill
graven without hands.
For, behold, the burning wrath of a great multitude is
kindled over you, and they shall take away certain of you, and feed you,
being idle, with things offered unto idols.
And when I was in mine own country, in the land of Israel
being but young, all the tribe of Nephthali my father fell from the house of Jerusalem, which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, that all the tribes should sacrifice there, where the temple of the
habitation of the most High was consecrated and built for all ages.
The same night also I returned from the burial, and
slept by the wall of my
courtyard,
being polluted and my face was uncovered:
And I knew not that there were sparrows in the wall, and mine eyes
being open, the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes, and a whiteness came in mine eyes: and I went to the physicians, but they helped me not: moreover Achiacharus did
nourish me, until I went into Elymais.
Then I
being grieved did
weep, and in my sorrow prayed, saying,
Therefore
anoint thou his eyes with the gall, and
being pricked therewith, he shall
rub, and the whiteness shall fall away, and he shall see thee.
Wherefore now, my son, consider what
alms doeth, and how righteousness
doth deliver. When he had said these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed,
being an hundred and eight and fifty years old; and he buried him honourably.
And he died at Ecbatane in Media, being an hundred and seven and twenty years old.
So he returned afterward to Nineve, both he and all his company of
sundry nations
being a very great multitude of men of war, and there he took his ease, and
banqueted, both he and his army, an hundred and twenty days.
Wherefore thou gavest their rulers to be slain, so that they
dyed their bed in blood,
being deceived, and smotest the servants with their lords, and the lords upon their thrones;
And they wondered at her beauty, and
admired the children of Israel because of her, and every one said to his neighbour, Who would
despise this people, that have among them such women? surely it is not good that one man of them be left who
being let go might
deceive the whole earth.
But she increased more and more in honour, and waxed old in her husband’s house,
being an hundred and five years old, and made her
maid free; so she died in Bethulia: and they buried her in the cave of her husband Manasses.
Who was a
Jew, and dwelt in the city of
Susa, a great man,
being a
servitor in the king’s court.
Queen
Esther also,
being in fear of death, resorted unto the Lord:
And being gloriously adorned, after she had called upon God, who is the beholder and saviour of all things, she took two maids with her:
And endeavour to
hurt not our subjects only, but not
being able to bear abundance, do take in hand to
practise also against those that do them good:
For Aman, a
Macedonian, the son of Amadatha,
being indeed a stranger from the Persian blood, and far distant from our goodness, and as a stranger received of us,
For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth:
Which
being extinguished, our body shall be turned into ashes, and our spirit shall
vanish as the soft air,
He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time:
Or as when a bird hath
flown through the air, there is no
token of her way to be found, but the light air
being beaten with the stroke of her wings and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found;
Because,
being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged
aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God;
And in my mother’s
womb was fashioned to be flesh in the time of ten months,
being compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure that came with sleep.
For she is a
treasure unto men that never faileth: which they that use become the friends of God,
being commended for the gifts that come from learning.
And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God, and prophets.
For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it.
O send her out of thy holy heavens, and from the throne of thy glory, that being present she may labour with me, that I may know what is pleasing unto thee.
For whose cause the earth
being drowned with the flood, wisdom again preserved it, and directed the course of the righteous in a piece of wood of small value.
Moreover, the nations in their wicked
conspiracy being confounded, she found out the righteous, and preserved him
blameless unto God, and kept him strong against his tender
compassion toward his son.
Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast,
being persecuted of
vengeance, and scattered abroad through the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.
But
executing thy judgments upon them by little and little, thou gavest them place of
repentance, not
being ignorant that they were a
naughty generation, and that their
malice was
bred in them, and that their
cogitation would never be changed.
For they went
astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were
despised,
being deceived, as children of no understanding.
For, look, for what things they grudged, when they were punished, that is, for them whom they thought to be gods; now
being punished in them, when they saw it, they acknowledged him to be the true God, whom before they denied to know: and therefore came extreme
damnation upon them.
With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
For
being conversant in his works they search him
diligently, and believe their sight: because the things are beautiful that are seen.
And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use,
being a
crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, hath carved it
diligently, when he had nothing else to do, and formed it by the skill of his understanding, and fashioned it to the image of a man;
But that which is made with hands is
cursed, as well it, as he that made it: he, because he made it; and it, because,
being corruptible, it was called god.
For
being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never.
Yea, they worshipped those beasts also that are most
hateful: for
being compared together, some are worse than others.
For that which was not destroyed of the fire,
being warmed with a little
sunbeam, soon melted away:
For when unrighteous men thought to
oppress the holy nation; they
being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and
fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay there exiled from the eternal providence.
Only there appeared unto them a fire
kindled of itself, very
dreadful: for
being much
terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.
For though no terrible thing did fear them; yet
being scared with beasts that passed by, and
hissing of serpents,
For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very
timorous, and
being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth
grievous things.
And the expectation from within,
being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the
torment.
And when they had determined to
slay the babes of the saints, one child
being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away the multitude of their children, and destroyedst them altogether in a mighty water.
But afterwards they saw a new generation of fowls, when,
being led with their
appetite, they asked delicate meats.
Therefore even with blindness were these
stricken, as those were at the doors of the righteous man: when,
being compassed about with
horrible great darkness, every one sought the passage of his own doors.
And there is a friend, who
being turned to
enmity, and
strife will discover thy reproach.
Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity; lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, an stumblingblock in the way of thy uprightness.
Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy
being dead, but remember that we die all.
A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends.
Whom,
being his
firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love
doth not
forsake him.
Admonish thy neighbour before thou
threaten him; and not
being angry, give place to the law of the most High.
I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope: I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my children which are named of him.
Better is the poor,
being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is
afflicted in his body.
Give a sweet savour, and a
memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not
being.
The father waketh for the daughter, when no man knoweth; and the care for her taketh away sleep: when she is young, lest she pass away the flower of her age; and
being married, lest she should be
hated:
The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing,
being an instrument of the armies above,
shining in the
firmament of heaven;
The
hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and
being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes.
Enoch pleased the Lord, and was translated,
being an example of
repentance to all generations.
In his days the
cistern to receive water,
being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
For as it was your mind to go
astray from God: so,
being returned, seek him ten times more.
Yea, they will give thereof to the common harlots, and deck them as men with garments,
being gods of silver, and gods of gold, and wood.
And as the doors are made sure on every side upon him that offendeth the king, as
being committed to suffer death: even so the priests make fast their temples with doors, with locks, and bars, lest their gods be
spoiled with robbers.
Neither can they judge their own cause, nor redress a wrong,
being unable: for they are as
crows between heaven and earth.
For sun, moon, and stars,
being bright and sent to do their offices, are
obedient.
Now when the king saw that they pressed him
sore,
being constrained, he delivered Daniel unto them:
Elias for
being zealous and
fervent for the law was taken up into heaven.
Who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto
Judas, How shall we be able,
being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to
faint with fasting all this day?
Wherefore,
being greatly
perplexed in his mind, he determined to go into Persia, there to take the tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.
So they joined battle, and the heathen
being discomfited fled into the plain.