2,716 verses contain “People” (in the KJV: 2,275, in the BSB: 2,031) — showing 2,501–2,600
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For God breaketh the battles: for among the camps in the midst of the
people he hath delivered me out of the hands of them that
persecuted me.
Now as soon as they entered into Jerusalem, they worshipped the Lord; and as soon as the
people were
purified, they offered their burnt offerings, and their free offerings, and their gifts.
Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the
people had given her, and gave the
canopy, which she had taken out of his
bedchamber, for a gift unto the Lord.
So the
people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the sanctuary for the space of three months and
Judith remained with them.
And many desired her, but none knew her all the days of her life, after that Manasses her husband was dead, and was gathered to his people.
And my nation is this Israel, which
cried to God, and were saved: for the Lord hath saved his
people, and the Lord hath delivered us from all those evils, and God hath wrought signs and great wonders, which have not been done among the Gentiles.
Therefore hath he made two lots, one for the people of God, and another for all the Gentiles.
So God remembered his people, and justified his inheritance.
Therefore those days shall be unto them in the month
Adar, the
fourteenth and
fifteenth day of the same month, with an assembly, and joy, and with
gladness before God, according to the generations for ever among his
people.
And at their cry all nations were prepared to battle, that they might fight against the righteous people.
Howbeit Aman the son of Amadathus the Agagite, who was in great honour with the king, sought to
molest Mardocheus and his
people because of the two eunuchs of the king.
Declared unto us, that in all nations throughout the world there was scattered a certain
malicious people, that had laws contrary to all nations, and continually
despised the commandments of kings, so as the uniting of our kingdoms, honourably intended by us cannot go forward.
Seeing then we understand that this people alone is continually in opposition unto all men, differing in the strange manner of their laws, and evil affected to our state, working all the mischief they can that our kingdom may not be firmly established:
And now, O Lord God and King,
spare thy
people: for their eyes are upon us to bring us to
nought;
yea, they desire to destroy the inheritance, that hath been thine from the beginning.
From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all
people, and our fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast performed
whatsoever thou
didst promise them.
For
Almighty God hath turned to joy unto them the day, wherein the chosen
people should have perished.
They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
This the people saw, and understood it not, neither laid they up this in their minds, That his grace and mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect unto his chosen.
Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations.
If your delight be then in thrones and sceptres, O ye kings of the
people, honour wisdom, that ye may reign for
evermore.
But the multitude of the wise is the
welfare of the world: and a wise king is the upholding of the
people.
I shall set the people in order, and the nations shall be subject unto me.
Thou hast chosen me to be a king of thy people, and a judge of thy sons and daughters:
So shall my works be acceptable, and then shall I judge thy people righteously, and be worthy to sit in my father’s seat.
She delivered the righteous
people and
blameless seed from the nation that
oppressed them.
But by such works hast thou taught thy
people that the just man should be
merciful, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope that thou givest
repentance for sins.
And all the enemies of thy
people, that hold them in subjection, are most
foolish, and are more
miserable than very babes.
Instead of which punishment, dealing
graciously with thine own
people, thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste, even quails to
stir up their
appetite:
Instead
whereof thou feddest thine own
people with angels’ food, and
didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labour, able to content every man’s delight, and agreeing to every taste.
So of thy people was accepted both the salvation of the righteous, and destruction of the enemies.
For whereas they would not believe any thing by reason of the enchantments; upon the destruction of the
firstborn, they acknowledged this
people to be the sons of God.
And that thy people might pass a wonderful way: but they might find a strange death.
Wherethrough all the
people went that were defended with thy hand, seeing thy marvellous strange wonders.
For in all things, O Lord, thou
didst magnify thy
people, and
glorify them, neither
didst thou lightly regard them: but
didst assist them in every time and place.
Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast
thyself down among the
people.
For the hand of the
artificer the work shall be
commended: and the wise ruler of the
people for his speech.
A wise judge will
instruct his
people; and the government of a
prudent man is well ordered.
As the judge of the people is himself, so are his officers; and what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are all they that dwell therein.
An unwise king destroyeth his
people; but through the
prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited.
Because of unrighteous dealings,
injuries, and riches got by
deceit, the kingdom is translated from one
people to another.
And if there be one stiffnecked among the
people, it is
marvel if he escape unpunished: for mercy and wrath are with him; he is mighty to
forgive, and to pour out displeasure.
Say not thou, I will hide myself from the Lord: shall any remember me from above? I shall not be remembered among so many people: for what is my soul among such an infinite number of creatures?
For in the division of the nations of the whole earth he set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord’s portion:
Wisdom shall praise herself, and shall glory in the midst of her people.
In the waves of the sea and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I got a possession.
And I took root in an honourable people, even in the portion of the Lord’s inheritance.
Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderful things hath he done among his people.
Hear me, O ye great men of the
people, and
hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the congregation.
Till he have rendered to every man according to his deeds, and to the works of men according to their devices; till he have judged the cause of his
people, and made them to
rejoice in his mercy.
Let him that escapeth be consumed by the
rage of the fire; and let them perish that
oppress the
people.
O Lord, have mercy upon the
people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy
firstborn.
Fill
Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy
people with thy glory:
O Lord, hear the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the eternal God.
A wise man instructeth his people; and the fruits of his understanding fail not.
A wise man shall
inherit glory among his
people, and his name shall be perpetual.
Of an offence before a judge and ruler; of iniquity before a congregation and
people; of unjust dealing before thy
partner and friend;
Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter, lest she make thee a
laughingstock to thine enemies, and a
byword in the city, and a reproach among the
people, and make thee
ashamed before the multitude.
Leaders of the
people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the
people, wise and
eloquent are their instructions:
The
people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will
shew forth their praise.
Abraham was a great father of many people: in glory was there none like unto him;
By his words he caused the wonders to cease, and he made him glorious in the sight of kings, and gave him a commandment for his people, and shewed him part of his glory.
An
everlasting covenant he made with him and gave him the priesthood among the
people; he
beautified him with comely ornaments, and clothed him with a
robe of glory.
And he compassed him with pomegranates, and with many golden bells round about, that as he went there might be a sound, and a noise made that might be heard in the temple, for a
memorial to the children of his
people;
Moses consecrated him, and
anointed him with holy oil: this was appointed unto him by an
everlasting covenant, and to his seed, so long as the heavens should remain, that they should minister unto him, and
execute the office of the priesthood, and
bless the
people in his name.
He chose him out of all men living to offer sacrifices to the Lord, incense, and a sweet savour, for a
memorial, to make
reconciliation for his
people.
Howbeit in the land of the
people he had no inheritance, neither had he any portion among the
people: for the Lord himself is his portion and inheritance.
The third in glory is Phinees the son of
Eleazar, because he had zeal in the fear of the Lord, and stood up with good courage of heart: when the
people were turned back, and made
reconciliation for Israel.
Therefore was there a covenant of peace made with him, that he should be the chief of the sanctuary and of his
people, and that he and his
posterity should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever:
God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his
people in righteousness, that their good things be not abolished, and that their glory may
endure for ever.
And of six hundred thousand
people on foot, they two were preserved to bring them in to the
heritage, even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey.
Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, established a kingdom, and
anointed princes over his
people.
And after his death he
prophesied, and shewed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to
blot out the wickedness of the
people.
Slew he not a
giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the
people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the
sling, and beat down the
boasting of
Goliath?
For he called upon the most high Lord; and he gave him strength in his right hand to
slay that mighty
warrior, and set up the horn of his
people.
So the people honoured him with ten thousands, and praised him in the blessings of the Lord, in that he gave him a crown of glory.
Thus rested Solomon with his fathers, and of his seed he left behind him Roboam, even the
foolishness of the
people, and one that had no understanding, who turned away the
people through his counsel. There was also
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, and shewed Ephraim the way of sin:
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:
He
behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the
people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
Neither was there a young man born like Joseph, a governor of his brethren, a stay of the people, whose bones were regarded of the Lord.
How was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming out of the sanctuary!
Then all the
people together hasted, and fell down to the earth upon their faces to worship their Lord God
Almighty, the most High.
And the
people besought the Lord, the most High, by prayer before him that is
merciful, till the
solemnity of the Lord was ended, and they had finished his service.
They that sit upon the mountain of Samaria, and they that dwell among the Philistines, and that
foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
And
Baruch did read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of
Joachim king of Juda, and in the ears of all the
people that came to hear the book,
And in the hearing of the nobles, and of the king’s sons, and in the hearing of the elders, and of all the people, from the lowest unto the highest, even of all them that dwelt at Babylon by the river Sud.
And they sent it to Jerusalem unto
Joachim the high priest, the son of Chelcias, son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the
people which were found with him at Jerusalem,
After that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, and the princes, and the
captives, and the mighty men, and the
people of the land, from Jerusalem, and brought them unto Babylon.
Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and
desolation among all the
people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.
And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy
people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast
gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:
For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked
people: but in the land of their
captivities they shall remember themselves.
And I will make an
everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my
people: and I will no more drive my
people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.
The same year were appointed two of the ancients of the
people to be judges, such as the Lord spake of, that wickedness came from Babylon from ancient judges, who seemed to
govern the
people.
Now when the
people departed away at
noon,
Susanna went into her husband’s garden to walk.
And it came to pass the next day, when the
people were assembled to her husband Joacim, the two elders came also full of
mischievous imagination against
Susanna to put her to death;
And said before the
people, Send for
Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, Joacim’s wife. And so they sent.
Then the two elders stood up in the midst of the people, and laid their hands upon her head.
Then the assembly believed them as those that were the elders and judges of the people: so they condemned her to death.