3,205 verses contain “CON” (in the KJV: 2,174, in the BSB: 1,788) — showing 3,001–3,100
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Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; neither with a coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the slothful for any work; nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business: hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
But be continually with a godly man, whom thou knowest to keep the commandments of the Lord, whose, mind is according to thy mind, and will sorrow with thee, if thou shalt miscarry.
Four manner of things appear: good and evil, life and death: but the tongue ruleth over them continually.
Of such doth the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth,
The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace: the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh; he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly:
They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges’ seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, and be conversant in dark parables.
Nations shall shew forth his wisdom, and the congregation shall declare his praise.
And none may say, What is this? wherefore is that? for at time convenient they shall all be sought out: at his commandment the waters stood as an heap, and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of waters.
To labour, and to be content with that a man hath, is a sweet life: but he that findeth a treasure is above them both.
Children and the building of a city continue a man’s name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both.
The children of sinners are abominable children, and they that are conversant in the dwelling of the ungodly.
Have regard to thy name; for that shall continue with thee above a thousand great treasures of gold.
Of an offence before a judge and ruler; of iniquity before a congregation and people; of unjust dealing before thy partner and friend;
He seeketh out the deep, and the heart, and considereth their crafty devices: for the Lord knoweth all that may be known, and he beholdeth the signs of the world.
When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together of water, and clotheth the water as with a breastplate.
It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire.
By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his word all things consist.
With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, and their children are within the covenant.
The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will shew forth their praise.
Their sacrifices shall be wholly consumed every day twice continually.
Moses consecrated him, and anointed him with holy oil: this was appointed unto him by an everlasting covenant, and to his seed, so long as the heavens should remain, that they should minister unto him, and execute the office of the priesthood, and bless the people in his name.
This the Lord saw, and it displeased him, and in his wrathful indignation were they consumed: he did wonders upon them, to consume them with the fiery flame.
And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.
Let their bones flourish out of their place, and let the name of them that were honoured be continued upon their children.
By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord had respect unto Jacob.
He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
So were all the sons of Aaron in their glory, and the oblations of the Lord in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel.
Then he went down, and lifted up his hands over the whole congregation of the children of Israel, to give the blessing of the Lord with his lips, and to rejoice in his name.
That he would confirm his mercy with us, and deliver us at his time!
I will praise thy name continually, and will sing praises with thanksgiving; and so my prayer was heard:
For I purposed to do after her, and earnestly I followed that which is good; so shall I not be confounded.
And ye shall read this book which we have sent unto you, to make confession in the house of the Lord, upon the feasts and solemn days.
And ye shall say, To the Lord our God belongeth righteousness, but unto us the confusion of faces, as it is come to pass this day, unto them of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.
For God hath appointed that every high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down, and valleys filled up, to make even the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God,
Sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves.
Their gods of wood, and which are overlaid with gold and silver, are like the stones that be hewn out of the mountain: they that worship them shall be confounded.
And they themselves that made them can never continue long; how should then the things that are made of them be gods?
For when there cometh any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them.
Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted.
Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after thee: for they shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee.
And let them be confounded in all their power and might, and let their strength be broken;
Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and we are in love with thee; therefore consent unto us, and lie with us.
Then the assembly believed them as those that were the elders and judges of the people: so they condemned her to death.
So he standing in the midst of them said, Are ye such fools, ye sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth ye have condemned a daughter of Israel?
And they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had convicted them of false witness by their own mouth:
And Daniel conversed with the king, and was honoured above all his friends.
And they little regarded it: for under the table they had made a privy entrance, whereby they entered in continually, and consumed those things.
And took the priests with their wives and children, who shewed him the privy doors, where they came in, and consumed such things as were upon the table.
When they of Babylon heard that, they took great indignation, and conspired against the king, saying, The king is become a Jew, and he hath destroyed Bel, he hath slain the dragon, and put the priests to death.
Now when the king saw that they pressed him sore, being constrained, he delivered Daniel unto them:
The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach her honour into contempt.
Howbeit many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat any unclean thing.
Then Mattathias answered and spake with a loud voice, Though all the nations that are under the king’s dominion obey him, and fall away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to his commandments:
And thus consider ye throughout all ages, that none that put their trust in him shall be overcome.
Moreover he delivered unto him the half of his forces, and the elephants, and gave him charge of all things that he would have done, as also concerning them that dwelt in Juda and Jerusalem:
Then was the congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.
Who, when he heard thereof, was confounded and discouraged, because neither such things as he would were done unto Israel, nor such things as the king commanded him were come to pass.
Shut up this army in the hand of thy people Israel, and let them be confounded in their power and horsemen:
So he chose priests of blameless conversation, such as had pleasure in the law:
And when as they consulted what to do with the altar of burnt offerings, which was profaned;
And laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to shew what should be done with them.
Moreover Judas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel ordained, that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, with mirth and gladness.
And there he continued many days: for his grief was ever more and more, and he made account that he should die.
So the king and the princes were content: wherefore he sent unto them to make peace; and they accepted thereof.
But Alcimus contended for the high priesthood.
Be avenged of this man and his host, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.
And that they were men of great valour. It was told him also of their wars and noble acts which they had done among the Galatians, and how they had conquered them, and brought them under tribute;
And that by their policy and patience they had conquered all the place, though it were very far from them; and the kings also that came against them from the uttermost part of the earth, till they had discomfited them, and given them a great overthrow, so that the rest did give them tribute every year:
Moreover how they had made for themselves a senate house, wherein three hundred and twenty men sat in council daily, consulting alway for the people, to the end they might be well ordered:
In consideration of these things, Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome, to make a league of amity and confederacy with them,
Judas Maccabeus with his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us unto you, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends.
And this is the copy of the epistle which the senate wrote back again in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that there they might have by them a memorial of peace and confederacy:
If there come first any war upon the Romans or any of their confederates throughout all their dominion,
And as touching the evils that Demetrius doeth to the Jews, we have written unto him, saying, Wherefore thou made thy yoke heavy upon our friends and confederates the Jews?
As for the other things concerning Judas and his wars, and the noble acts which he did, and his greatness, they are not written: for they were very many.
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.
So they went and consulted with him.
He said, Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will make him our friend and confederate.
Whereas ye have kept covenants with us, and continued in our friendship, not joining yourselves with our enemies, we have heard hereof, and are glad.
Wherefore now continue ye still to be faithful unto us, and we will well recompense you for the things ye do in our behalf,