726 verses contain “Dev” (in the KJV: 354, in the BSB: 496) — showing 301–400
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Even an
heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
He remembered us in our low estate His loving
devotion endures
forever.
And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
and freed us from our enemies. His loving
devotion endures
forever.
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
He gives food to every creature. His loving
devotion endures
forever.
O give
thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Give
thanks to the God of heaven! His loving
devotion endures
forever.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast
magnified thy word above all thy name.
I bow down toward Your holy temple and give
thanks to Your name for Your loving
devotion and Your faithfulness; You have
exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever:
forsake not the works of thine own hands.
The LORD will
fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving
devotion endures
forever— do not
abandon the works of Your hands.
Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
who
devise evil in their hearts and
stir up war all day long.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked
device; lest they
exalt themselves.
Selah.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be
exalted.
Selah Let the righteous
smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their
calamities.
Let the righteous man strike me; let his
rebuke be an act of loving
devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that
afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
And in Your loving
devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who
afflict me, for I am Your servant.
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Let not mercy and truth
forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Never let loving
devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the
tablet of your heart.
Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
Do not
devise evil against your
neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
Frowardness is in his heart, he
deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
With
deceit in his heart he
devises evil; he continually sows discord.
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked
devices will he
condemn.
The good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a man who devises evil.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Deceit is in the hearts of those who
devise evil, but the counselors of peace have joy.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is
perverse in his ways despiseth him.
He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is
devious in his ways despises Him.
Do they not
err that
devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that
devise good.
Do not those who
contrive evil go
astray? But those who plan goodness find loving
devotion and faithfulness.
By mercy and truth iniquity is
purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
By loving
devotion and faithfulness iniquity is
atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
He shutteth his eyes to
devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
He who winks his eye
devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a
liar.
The desire of a man is loving
devotion; better to be poor than a
liar.
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth
swallows iniquity.
Most men will
proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Many a man proclaims his loving
devotion, but who can find a
trustworthy man?
It is a
snare to the man who
devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make
enquiry.
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
for their hearts
devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
He that
deviseth to do evil shall be called a
mischievous person.
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as
knives, to
devour the poor from off the earth, and the
needy from among men.
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall
pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley
pluck it out and young vultures
devour it.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor
device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave,
whither thou goest.
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in
Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or
planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Your country is
desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers
devour it in your presence, and it is
desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
But if ye refuse and
rebel, ye shall be
devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
But if you resist and
rebel, you will be
devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the
vineyard; the
spoil of the poor is in your houses.
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have
devoured the
vineyard; the
plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Therefore as the fire
devoureth the
stubble, and the flame consumeth the
chaff, so their root shall be as
rottenness, and their
blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and
despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and
despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Take counsel together, and it shall come to
nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Devise a plan, but it will be
thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall
devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have
devoured Israel with open mouths.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall
devour the briers and thorns, and shall
kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.
And he shall
snatch on the right hand, and be
hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
They
carve out what is on the right, but they are still
hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one
devours the flesh of his own offspring.
Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim,
Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim
Manasseh; together they turn against Judah.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
And what will ye do in the day of
visitation, and in the
desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye
flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
What will you do on the day of
reckoning when
devastation comes from
afar? To whom will you
flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and
devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and
devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he
shake his hand over the river, and shall
smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over
dryshod.
The LORD will
devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a
scorching wind He will
sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry
sandals.
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
This is the burden against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is
devastated, destroyed in a night!
And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
in loving
devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and
hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
Therefore hath the
curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are
desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Therefore a
curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few
survive.
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be
ashamed for their
envy at the people;
yea, the fire of thine enemies shall
devour them.
O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will
consume them!
Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of
indignation, and his tongue as a
devouring fire:
Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from
afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of
fury, and His tongue is like a
consuming fire.
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall
shew the lighting down of his arm, with the
indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a
devouring fire, with
scattering, and
tempest, and hailstones.
And the LORD will cause His
majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in
angry wrath with a flame of
consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall
devour him: but he shall
flee from the sword, and his young men shall be
discomfited.
“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will
devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will
flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
The instruments also of the
churl are evil: he
deviseth wicked
devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the
needy speaketh right.
The weapons of the
scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the
plea of the
needy is just.
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
Ye shall conceive
chaff, ye shall bring forth
stubble: your breath, as fire, shall
devour you.
The sinners in
Zion are afraid;
fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the
devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with
everlasting burnings?
For the
indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his
fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
The LORD is
angry with all the nations and
furious with all their armies. He will
devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon
Idumea, and upon the people of my
curse, to judgment.
When My sword has
drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon
Edom, upon the people I have
devoted to destruction.
Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries,
devoting them to destruction. Will you then be
spared?
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green
herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Therefore their inhabitants,
devoid of power, are dismayed and
ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops,
scorched before it is grown.
And said, Remember now, O LORD, I
beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And
Hezekiah wept sore.
saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted
devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And
Hezekiah wept bitterly.
“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will
groan like a woman in labor; I will at once
gasp and
pant.
Therefore I have
profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the
curse, and Israel to reproaches.
So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will
devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put if off: and
desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
But
disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A
calamity will
befall you that you will be unable to ward off.
Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
For thy waste and thy
desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that
swallowed thee up shall be far away.
For your ruined and
desolate places and your
ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who
devoured you will be far away.
Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall
condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the
moth shall eat them up.
Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to
condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the
moths will
devour them.
For the
moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
For the
moth will
devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last
forever, My salvation through all generations.”
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be
sorry for thee?
desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be
shaken, My loving
devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has
compassion on you.
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an
everlasting covenant with you, even the sure
mercies of David.
Incline your ear and come to Me;
listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an
everlasting covenant— My loving
devotion promised to David.
All ye beasts of the field, come to
devour,
yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat
greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and
merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart;
devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long
devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his
mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
I will make known the LORD’s loving
devotion and His
praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great
compassion and loving
devotion.
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine
espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
“Go and
proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the
devotion of your youth, your love as a
bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
Israel was
holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that
devour him shall
offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who
devoured her found themselves guilty;
disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
In vain have I
smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath
devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has
devoured your prophets like a
voracious lion.”
For shame hath
devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
And when thou art
spoiled, what
wilt thou do? Though thou clothest
thyself with
crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make
thyself fair; thy lovers will
despise thee, they will seek thy life.
Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall
devour them.
Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall
impoverish thy
fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
They will
devour your harvest and food; they will
consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
The
snorting of his horses was heard from
Dan: the whole land
trembled at the sound of the
neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have
devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
The
snorting of enemy horses is heard from
Dan. At the sound of the
neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to
devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
For a voice of
wailing is heard out of
Zion, How are we
spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have
forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
For the sound of
wailing is heard from
Zion: ‘How
devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been
torn down.’”
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
But let him who boasts
boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving
devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
Every man is
brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the
graven image: for his
molten image is
falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Every man is senseless and
devoid of knowledge; every
goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his
molten images are a
fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Pour out thy
fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and
devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his
habitation desolate.
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have
devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have
devastated his homeland.
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had
plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
Is not My inheritance to Me like a
speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to
devour her.
The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall
devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
Over all the barren heights in the wilderness the destroyers have come, for the sword of the LORD devours from one end of the earth to the other. No flesh has peace.
And I will
appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to
slay, and the dogs to
tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to
devour and destroy.
I will
appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to
drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to
devour and destroy.
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of
mourning, neither go to
lament nor
bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and
mercies.
Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to
mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving
devotion, and My
compassion,” declares the LORD.