62 verses contain “Otherwise” (in the KJV: 19, in the BSB: 46) — showing 1–62
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And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this
kid, and thou hast not found her.
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “
Otherwise we will become a
laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
And there will I
nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine.
Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to
destitution.’
For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
And the Egyptians were
urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in
haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become
desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
I will not drive them out before you in a single year;
otherwise the land would become
desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I
consume thee in the way.
Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
(For the LORD thy God is a
jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be
kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a
jealous God.
Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be
kindled against you, and He will
wipe you off the face of the earth.
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he
hated them, he hath brought them out to
slay them in the wilderness.
Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He
hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
Lest the
avenger of the blood pursue the
slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and
slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he
hated him not in time past.
Otherwise, the
avenger of blood might pursue the
manslayer in a
rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any
harm.
At his day thou shalt give him his
hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
You are to pay his wages each day before
sunset, because he is poor and depends on them.
Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Be strong, and
quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you:
quit yourselves like men, and fight.
Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
And Saul said unto the
Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the
Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the
Kenites departed from among the
Amalekites.
And he
warned the
Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the
Amalekites.
Otherwise I will
sweep you away with them.” So the
Kenites moved away from the
Amalekites.
For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from
hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from
harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring
tidings to
Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to
Gath, for he said, “
Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in
Philistine territory.
Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and
encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
Now, therefore,
assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it.
Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying,
Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be
swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Now send quickly and tell David, ‘Do not
spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but be sure to cross over.
Otherwise the king and all the people with him will be
swallowed up.’”
Otherwise I should have wrought
falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter
hid from the king, and thou
thyself wouldest have set
thyself against me.
If I had
jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.”
For I said, Hear me, lest
otherwise they should
rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they
magnify themselves against me.
For I said, “Let them not
gloat over me— those who
taunt me when my foot slips.”
Go not forth
hastily to
strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
do not bring
hastily to court.
Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your
neighbor puts you to shame?
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and
steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and
steal,
profaning the name of my God.
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be
healed.
Make the hearts of this people calloused;
deafen their ears and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be
healed.”
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my
fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem.
Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to
extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and
slay her with
thirst.
Otherwise, I will strip her naked and
expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a
parched land, and I will let her die of
thirst.
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and
smite the earth with a
curse.
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers.
Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a
curse.”
Agree with thine
adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the
adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Reconcile quickly with your
adversary, while you are still on the way to court.
Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
Take
heed that ye do not your
alms before men, to be seen of them:
otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft
raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.
For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should
heal them.
For this people’s heart has grown
callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would
heal them.’
Command therefore that the
sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and
steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day.
Otherwise, His disciples may come and
steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last
deception would be worse than the first.”
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be
forgiven them.
so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be
forgiven.’”
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will
tear the new garment as well, and the
patch from the new will not
match the old.
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft
raiment? Behold, they which are
gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings courts.
Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in
luxury are found in palaces.
When thou goest with thine
adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give
diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he
hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Make every effort to
reconcile with your
adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate.
Otherwise, he may
drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
Then said he also to him that
bade him, When thou makest a
dinner or a
supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy
kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also
bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a
dinner or a
banquet, do not
invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors.
Otherwise, they may
invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
Lest
haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to
mock him,
Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work,
everyone who sees it will
ridicule him,
Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the
Sanhedrin,
For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should
heal them.
For this people’s heart has grown
callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would
heal them.’
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
For the unbelieving husband is
sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
For the unbelieving husband is
sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is
sanctified through her believing husband.
Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
Else when thou shalt
bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say
Amen at thy giving of
thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is
uninstructed say “
Amen” to your
thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be
ashamed of having been so
confident.
I say again, Let no man think me a
fool; if
otherwise, yet as a
fool receive me, that I may
boast myself a little.
I
repeat: Let no one take me for a
fool. But if you do, then receive me as a
fool, so that I too may
boast a little.
I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none
otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment,
whosoever he be.
I am
confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment,
whoever he may be.
Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be
otherwise minded, God shall
reveal even this unto you.
All of us who are
mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will
reveal this to you as well.
Likewise also the good works of some are manifest
beforehand; and they that are
otherwise cannot be
hid.
In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even the ones that are inconspicuous cannot remain hidden.
If any man teach
otherwise, and consent not to
wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to
godliness;
If
anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
For a testament is of force after men are dead:
otherwise it is of no strength at all while the
testator liveth.
because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.
For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,
deceiving your own
selves.
But was
rebuked for his iniquity: the
dumb ass speaking with man’s voice
forbad the madness of the prophet.
But he was
rebuked for his
transgression by a
donkey,
otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Therefore
repent!
Otherwise I will come to you shortly and
wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.
And she shall answer thee, They that be born in the strength of youth are of one fashion, and they that are born in the time of age, when the
womb faileth, are
otherwise.
Nevertheless, when I perceived that I could not
otherwise obtain her, except God gave her me; and that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was; I prayed unto the Lord, and
besought him, and with my whole heart I said,
And
whosoever should do
otherwise, or break any of these things, he should be punished.
Whereupon there was a very
sore battle; but
Judas’ side by the help of God got the victory; so that the Nomades of Arabia, being overcome,
besought Judas for peace, promising both to give him cattle, and to pleasure him
otherwise.
Choosing rather to die
manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be
abused otherwise than
beseemed his noble birth: