2,080 verses contain “House” (in the KJV: 2,046, in the BSB: 1,418) — showing 2,001–2,080
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And she made her a tent upon the top of her
house, and put on
sackcloth upon her loins and ware her widow’s
apparel.
And she fasted all the days of her
widowhood, save the eves of the sabbaths, and the sabbaths, and the eves of the new moons, and the new moons and the feasts and solemn days of the
house of Israel.
Now therefore, O brethren, let us
shew an example to our brethren, because their hearts depend upon us, and the sanctuary, and the
house, and the altar, rest upon us.
Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the
sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the
house of the Lord
Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,
And make my speech and
deceit to be their wound and
stripe, who have purposed cruel things against thy covenant, and thy
hallowed house, and against the top of
Sion, and against the
house of the possession of thy children.
She rose where she had fallen down, and called her
maid, and went down into the
house in the which she abode in the sabbath days, and in her feast days,
As Nabuchodonosor king of all the earth liveth, and as his power liveth, who hath sent thee for the upholding of every living thing: for not only men shall serve him by thee, but also the beasts of the field, and the cattle, and the fowls of the air, shall live by thy power under Nabuchodonosor and all his house.
And now thou art both beautiful in thy countenance, and
witty in thy words: surely if thou do as thou hast spoken thy God shall be my God, and thou shalt dwell in the
house of king Nabuchodonosor, and shalt be
renowned through the whole earth.
Then went Bagoas from the presence of Holofernes, and came to her, and he said, Let not this fair
damsel fear to come to my lord, and to be honoured in his presence, and drink wine, and be
merry with us and be made this day as one of the daughters of the Assyrians, which serve in the
house of Nabuchodonosor.
Then she said to them with a loud voice, Praise, praise God, praise God, I say, for he hath not taken away his mercy from the house of Israel, but hath destroyed our enemies by mine hands this night.
But before ye do these things, call me Achior the
Ammonite, that he may see and know him that
despised the
house of Israel, and that sent him to us as it were to his death.
Then they called Achior out of the house of Ozias; and when he was come, and saw the head of Holofernes in a man’s hand in the assembly of the people, he fell down on his face, and his spirit failed.
And when Achior had seen all that the God of Israel had done, he believed in God greatly, and
circumcised the flesh of his
foreskin, and was joined unto the
house of Israel unto this day.
These slaves have dealt
treacherously; one woman of the Hebrews hath brought shame upon the
house of king Nabuchodonosor: for, behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground without a head.
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.
And the
house of Israel
lamented her seven days: and before she died, she did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred to Manasses her husband, and to them that were the nearest of her kindred.
That they will
abolish the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordained, and destroy thine inheritance, and stop the mouth of them that praise thee, and
quench the glory of thy
house, and of thine altar,
After I am come into mine
house, I will
repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness; and to live with her hath no sorrow, but
mirth and joy.
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.
She filleth all their house with things desirable, and the garners with her increase.
For the blessing of the father establisheth the
houses of children; but the
curse of the mother rooteth out foundations.
Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantick among thy servants.
Bring not every man into thine
house: for the
deceitful man hath many trains.
Receive a stranger into thine
house, and he will
disturb thee, and turn thee out of thine own.
To
terrify and do wrong will waste riches: thus the
house of proud men shall be made
desolate.
He that buildeth his house with other men’s money is like one that gathereth himself stones for the tomb of his burial.
As is a
house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a
fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.
A
foolish man’s foot is soon in his neighbour’s
house: but a man of experience is
ashamed of him.
A
fool will
peep in at the door into the
house: but he that is well
nurtured will stand without.
A man that useth much
swearing shall be filled with iniquity, and the plague shall never depart from his
house: if he shall
offend, his sin shall be upon him: and if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double offence: and if he
swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, but his
house shall be full of
calamities.
I had rather dwell with a lion and a
dragon, than to keep
house with a wicked woman.
As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house.
Unless a man hold himself
diligently in the fear of the Lord, his
house shall soon be overthrown.
A
backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the
houses of great men.
Suretiship hath undone many of good estate, and
shaken them as a wave of the sea: mighty men hath it driven from their
houses, so that they
wandered among strange nations.
The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and an house to cover shame.
Better is the life of a poor man in a mean
cottage, than delicate
fare in another man’s
house.
Be it little or much, hold thee contented, that thou hear not the reproach of thy house.
For it is a
miserable life to go from
house to
house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.
Give place, thou stranger, to an honourable man; my brother cometh to be
lodged, and I have need of mine
house.
Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good
housekeeping will be believed.
Who will trust a
thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so who will believe a man that hath no
house, and lodgeth
wheresoever the night taketh him?
In her
virginity, lest she should be
defiled and
gotten with child in her father’s
house; and having an husband, lest she should
misbehave herself; and when she is married, lest she should be barren.
Solomon reigned in a peaceable time, and was honoured; for God made all quiet round about him, that he might build an house in his name, and prepare his sanctuary for ever.
For all this the people
repented not, neither departed they from their sins, till they were
spoiled and carried out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth: yet there remained a small people, and a ruler in the
house of David:
So was Jesus the son of Josedec: who in their time builded the
house, and set up an holy temple to the Lord, which was prepared for
everlasting glory.
Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house again, and in his days fortified the temple:
Draw near unto me, ye unlearned, and dwell in the house of learning.
At the same time when he received the vessels of the
house of the Lord, that were carried out of the temple, to return them into the land of Juda, the tenth day of the month
Sivan, namely, silver vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Jada had made,
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.
O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.
And the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Juda.
O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
Whereupon when fire falleth upon the
house of gods of wood, or laid over with gold or silver, their priests will
flee away, and escape; but they themselves shall be burned
asunder like beams.
Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an
house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an
house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a
pillar of wood in a a palace, than such false gods.
Now Joacim was a great rich man, and had a fair garden joining unto his house: and to him resorted the Jews; because he was more honourable than all others.
These kept much at Joacim’s house: and all that had any suits in law came unto them.
So when the servants of the
house heard the cry in the garden, they
rushed in at the privy door, to see what was done unto her.
So they came to the king, and said, Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thine house.
The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
And when he had taken the spoils of the city, he set it on fire, and pulled down the houses and walls thereof on every side.
And burnt incense at the doors of their houses, and in the streets.
Now therefore come thou first, and fulfil the king’s commandment, like as all the heathen have done,
yea, and the men of Juda also, and such as remain at Jerusalem: so shalt thou and thy
house be in the number of the king’s friends, and thou and thy children shall be honoured with silver and gold, and many rewards.
But as for such as were building
houses, or had
betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, those he commanded that they should return, every man to his own
house, according to the law.
And
sware in his wrath, saying, Unless
Judas and his host be now delivered into my hands, if ever I come again in safety, I will burn up this
house: and with that he went out in a great
rage.
Thou, O Lord,
didst choose this
house to be called by thy name, and to be a
house of prayer and petition for thy people:
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:
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.
And gave them
exhortation, saying, Ye
yourselves know what great things I, and my brethren, and my father’s
house, have done for the laws and the sanctuary, the battles also and troubles which we have seen.
So Simon was
appeased toward them, and fought no more against them, but put them out of the city, and
cleansed the
houses wherein the idols were, and so entered into it with songs and
thanksgiving.
For he and his brethren and the
house of his father have established Israel, and
chased away in fight their enemies from them, and confirmed their liberty.
Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons,
Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and my brethren, and my father’s
house, have ever from my youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel; and things have
prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel
oftentimes.
For as the master builder of a new
house must care for the whole building; but he that undertaketh to set it out, and
paint it, must seek out fit things for the
adorning thereof: even so I think it is with us.
Others ran flocking out of their
houses to the general
supplication, because the place was like to come into contempt.
And commanded his men of war not to
spare such as they met, and to
slay such as went up upon the
houses.
Furthermore at such time as they kept the feast for the victory in their country they burnt
Callisthenes, that had set fire upon the holy gates, who had fled into a little
house; and so he received a reward meet for his wickedness.
Therefore now, O holy Lord of all
holiness, keep this
house ever
undefiled, which lately was
cleansed, and stop every unrighteous mouth.