12,750 verses contain “For” (in the KJV: 10,422, in the BSB: 7,841) — showing 5,401–5,500
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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.
Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I
flee unto thee to hide me.
Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I
flee to You
for refuge.
Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Quicken me, O LORD,
for thy name’s sake:
for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
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.
Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
He is my
steadfast love and my
fortress, my
stronghold and my deliverer. He is my shield, in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me.
Cast
forth lightning, and
scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Reach down from on high; set me free and
rescue me from the deep waters, from the
grasp of
foreigners,
Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
falsehood:
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
I will
extol thee, my God, O king; and I will
bless thy name
for ever and ever.
Every day will I
bless thee; and I will praise thy name
for ever and ever.
Every day I will
bless You, and I will praise Your name
forever and ever.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh
bless his holy name
for ever and ever.
My mouth will declare the praise of the LORD; let every creature
bless His holy name
forever and ever.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful
forever.
Which executeth judgment
for the
oppressed: which giveth food to the
hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
He executes justice
for the
oppressed and gives food to the
hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth
upside down.
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
The LORD shall reign
for ever, even thy God, O
Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD.
Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
He has done this
for no other nation; they do not know His judgments.
Hallelujah!
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
He established them
forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for His name alone is
exalted; His
splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
He has raised up a horn
for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him.
Hallelujah!
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will
beautify the
meek with salvation.
For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the
afflicted with salvation.
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing
aloud upon their beds.
Let the saints
exult in glory; let them
shout for joy upon their beds.
To
execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
to
execute the judgment written against them. This honor is
for all His saints.
Hallelujah!
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
for gaining wisdom and discipline,
for comprehending words of insight,
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and
equity;
and
for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and
equity.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and
forsake not the law of thy mother:
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not
forsake the teaching of your mother.
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
For they are a
garland of grace on your head and a
pendant around your neck.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait
for blood, let us
lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait
for blood, let us
ambush the innocent without cause,
For their feet run to evil, and make
haste to shed blood.
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
And they lay wait
for their own blood; they
lurk privily for their own lives.
But they lie in wait
for their own blood; they
ambush their own lives.
For that they
hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
For they
hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
For the turning away of the simple shall
slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice
for understanding;
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest
for her as
for hid treasures;
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden
treasure,
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He layeth up sound wisdom
for the righteous: he is a
buckler to them that walk uprightly.
He stores up sound wisdom
for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with
integrity,
When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
It will
rescue you from the
forbidden woman, from the stranger with
seductive words
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
who abandons the
partner of her youth and
forgets the covenant of her God.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
For the upright will inhabit the land, and the
blameless will remain in it;
My son,
forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
My son, do not
forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
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.
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the
snare.
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.
for the LORD detests the
perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
For I give you good doctrine,
forsake ye not my law.
For I give you sound teaching; do not
abandon my directive.
For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
Get wisdom, get understanding:
forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Get wisdom, get understanding; do not
forget my words or turn from them.
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
Do not
forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of
slumber until they make someone fall.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
Keep thy heart with all
diligence;
for out of it are the issues of life.
Guard your heart with all
diligence,
for from it flow springs of life.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Let your eyes look
forward; fix your
gaze straight
ahead.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an
honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Though the lips of the
forbidden woman
drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors
enrich the house of a
foreigner.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant
roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou
ravished always with her love.
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go
astray.
He dies
for lack of discipline, led
astray by his own great folly.
My son, if thou be
surety for thy friend, if thou hast
stricken thy hand with a stranger,
My son, if you have put up security
for your
neighbor, if you have struck hands in
pledge with a stranger,
Do this now, my son, deliver
thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble
thyself, and make sure thy friend.
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and
forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not
forsake your mother’s teaching.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Do not
lust in your heart
for her beauty or let her
captivate you with her eyes.
For by means of a
whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the
adulteress will
hunt for the precious life.
For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of
vengeance.
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
For at the window of my house I looked through the
lattice.
Therefore came I
forth to meet thee,
diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
For the
goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the
flattering of her lips she
forced him.
Till a
dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is
for his life.
until an
arrow pierces his liver, like a bird
darting into a
snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
For she hath cast down many wounded:
yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put
forth her voice?
Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Listen,
for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will
reveal right.
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an
abomination to my lips.
For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is
detestable to my lips.
For wisdom is better than
rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
For wisdom is more precious than
rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
When there were no
watery depths, I was brought
forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep
gushed forth,
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
when He set a boundary
for the sea, so that the waters would not
surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
Now therefore
hearken unto me, O ye children:
for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Now therefore, my sons,
listen to me,
for blessed are those who keep my ways.