130 verses contain “Exceed” (in the KJV: 124, in the BSB: 21) — showing 1–100
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And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Finally, the waters completely
inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
But the men of
Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
But the men of
Sodom were wicked,
sinning greatly against the LORD.
After these things the word of the LORD came unto
Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not,
Abram: I am thy shield, and thy
exceeding great reward.
After these events, the word of the LORD came to
Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid,
Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
And as for
Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him
exceedingly; twelve princes shall he
beget, and I will make him a great nation.
As for
Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely
bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
And Isaac
trembled very
exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken
venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him?
yea, and he shall be blessed.
Isaac began to
tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who
hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I
ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
And when
Esau heard the words of his father, he
cried with a great and
exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father,
Bless me, even me also, O my father.
When
Esau heard his father’s words, he let out a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “
Bless me too, O my father!”
And the man increased
exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and
asses.
Thus Jacob became
exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and
donkeys.
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of
Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied
exceedingly.
Now the Israelites settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of
Goshen. They acquired property there and became fruitful and increased greatly in number.
And there went up with him both
chariots and
horsemen: and it was a very great company.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the
trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp
trembled.
On the third day, when morning came, there was
thunder and
lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp
trembled.
And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and
explored is an
exceedingly good land.
Forty stripes he may give him, and not
exceed: lest, if he should
exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem
vile unto thee.
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be
degraded in your sight.
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God,
exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.
Talk no more so
exceeding proudly; let not
arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are
weighed.
Do not
boast so proudly, or let
arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are
weighed.
And as soon as the
lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they
kissed one another, and
wept one with another, until David
exceeded.
When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and
Jonathan kissed each other and
wept together—though David
wept more.
Then said Saul, I have
sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee
harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the
fool, and have
erred exceedingly.
Then Saul replied, “I have
sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never
harm you again, because
today you considered my life precious. I have played the
fool and have committed a grave error!”
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
Then Amnon
hated her
exceedingly; so that the hatred
wherewith he
hated her was greater than the love
wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
Then Amnon
hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
And God gave Solomon wisdom,
exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the
seashore.
And Solomon left all the vessels
unweighed, because they were
exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
Solomon left all these articles
unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity
exceedeth the fame which I heard.
But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
But they were
terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”
And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to
weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought also
exceeding much
spoil out of the city.
Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to
weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of
plunder from the city.
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be
exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be
exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made
lavish preparations before his death.
And the LORD
magnified Solomon
exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
The LORD highly
exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and
magnified him
exceedingly.
Now Solomon son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and highly
exalted him.
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou
exceedest the fame that I heard.
But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.
And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
And they
smote all the cities round about
Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they
spoiled all the cities; for there was
exceeding much
spoil in them.
and attacked all the cities around
Gerar, because the terror of the LORD had fallen upon them. They
plundered all the cities, since there was much
plunder there.
And
Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was
exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign,
Asa became diseased in his feet, and his
malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.
And
Jehoshaphat waxed great
exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
Jehoshaphat grew stronger and stronger, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah
And the
Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself
exceedingly.
The
Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he had become
exceedingly powerful.
And
Hezekiah had
exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself
treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made
treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.
But when
Sanballat the Horonite and
Tobiah the
Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
When
Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about
Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for
Mordecai to wear instead of his
sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
Which
rejoice exceedingly, and are
glad, when they can find the grave?
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him
exceeding glad with thy countenance.
For You grant him blessings
forever; You
cheer him with joy in Your presence.
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my
exceeding joy:
yea, upon the
harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the
harp, O God, my God.
But
lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and
tempted God in the desert.
They
craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is without limit.
My soul hath kept thy
testimonies; and I love them
exceedingly.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have
endured much contempt.
Our soul is
exceedingly filled with the
scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can
fathom it?
We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his
haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is
shaken violently.
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is
exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of
perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath
forsaken the earth, and the LORD
seeth not.
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is
exceedingly great. The land is full of
bloodshed, and the city is full of
perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has
forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
Thus
wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy
raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and
broidered work; thou
didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou
wast exceeding beautiful, and thou
didst prosper into a kingdom.
So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was made of fine linen, silk, and
embroidered cloth. You
ate fine flour, honey, and oil. You became very beautiful and rose to be queen.
Girded with girdles upon their loins,
exceeding in
dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of
Chaldea, the land of their
nativity:
wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in
Chaldea, the land of their birth.
So I
prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an
exceeding great army.
So I
prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.
And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
Therefore because the king’s commandment was
urgent, and the furnace
exceeding hot, the flame of the fire
slew those men that took up
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-nego.
The king’s command was so
urgent and the furnace so hot that the
fiery flames killed the men who carried up
Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego.
Then was the king
exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of
hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den, and when Daniel was lifted out of the den, no wounds
whatsoever were found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,
dreadful and terrible, and strong
exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it
devoured and
brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was
diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was
terrifying—
dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It
devoured and
crushed; then it
trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns.
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was
diverse from all the others,
exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his
nails of brass; which
devoured,
brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others—extremely
terrifying—
devouring and
crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then
trampling underfoot whatever was left.
And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
From one of these horns a little horn
emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was
fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
So
Jonah arose, and went unto
Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now
Nineveh was an
exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
This time
Jonah got up and went to
Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now
Nineveh was an
exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
But it displeased
Jonah exceedingly, and he was very
angry.
Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became
angry.
And the LORD God prepared a
gourd, and made it to come up over
Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So
Jonah was
exceeding glad of the
gourd.
So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over
Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and
Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with
exceeding great joy.
When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with great delight.
Then Herod, when he saw that he was
mocked of the wise men, was
exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and
slew all the children that were in
Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had
diligently enquired of the wise men.
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the
Magi, he was filled with
rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in
Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the
Magi.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Rejoice, and be
exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so
persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Rejoice and be
glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they
persecuted the prophets before you.
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall
exceed the righteousness of the
scribes and
Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
For I tell you that unless your righteousness
exceeds that of the
scribes and
Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two
demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were
exceeding sorry.
They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply
grieved.
When his disciples heard it, they were
exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly
astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
They were deeply
grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
Then saith he unto them, My soul is
exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:
tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
And the king was
exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not
reject her.
The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
And his
raiment became
shining,
exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
And saith unto them, My soul is
exceeding sorrowful unto death:
tarry ye here, and watch.
Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”
Then
Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they
cried out the more
exceedingly,
Crucify him.
And when Herod saw Jesus, he was
exceeding glad: for he was
desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some
miracle done by him.
When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a
miracle.
In which time Moses was born, and was
exceeding fair, and
nourished up in his father’s house three months:
At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was
nurtured in his father’s house.
And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into
turmoil I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them
blaspheme. In my
raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to
persecute them.
Was then that which is good made death unto me? God
forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become
exceeding sinful.
Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
For if the ministry of
condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!
For our light
affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
For our light and
momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am
exceeding joyful in all our
tribulation.
Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
Therefore we were comforted in your comfort:
yea, and
exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of
Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of
Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
And their prayers for you will express their affection for you, because of the
surpassing grace God has given you.