2,160 verses contain “Thing” (in the KJV: 2,015, in the BSB: 636) — showing 1,701–1,800
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Let all
things be performed after the law of God
diligently unto the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons.
I command you also, that ye require no tax, nor any other imposition, of any of the priests, or Levites, or holy singers, or
porters, or ministers of the temple, or of any that have doings in this temple, and that no man have authority to
impose any
thing upon them.
Then said
Esdras the
scribe, Blessed be the only Lord God of my fathers, who hath put these
things into the heart of the king, to
glorify his house that is in Jerusalem:
And again we
besought our Lord as touching these
things, and found him favourable unto us.
Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said,
And as soon as I had heard these
things, I rent my clothes, and the holy garment, and pulled off the hair from off my head and
beard, and sat me down
sad and very heavy.
And now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these
things? for we have
transgressed thy commandments, which thou gavest by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying,
Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye may be strong, and eat the good
things of the land, and that ye may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for
evermore.
Behold, now are we before thee in our
iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these
things before thee.
So
Esdras arose, and took an oath of the chief of the priests and Levites of all Israel to do after these
things; and so they
sware.
But
forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these
things is spread far:
And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things.
So the Levites published all things to the people, saying, This day is holy to the Lord; be not sorrowful.
And your children shall not be fruitful; for they have
despised my commandment, and done the
thing that is an evil before me.
I take to witness the grace of the people to come, whose little ones
rejoice in
gladness: and though they have not seen me with bodily eyes, yet in spirit they believe the
thing that I say.
I brought you up with
gladness; but with sorrow and
heaviness have I lost you: for ye have
sinned before the Lord your God, and done that
thing that is evil before him.
Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy God, thou hast seen.
And every people walked after their own will, and did wonderful
things before thee, and
despised thy commandments.
And in all things did even as Adam and all his generations had done: for they also had a wicked heart:
Then answered I and said, What man is able to do that, that thou shouldest ask such things of me?
Nevertheless now have I asked thee but only of the fire and wind, and of the day
wherethrough thou hast passed, and of
things from which thou canst not be separated, and yet canst thou give me no answer of them.
He said moreover unto me, Thine own things, and such as are grown up with thee, canst thou not know;
For like as the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea to his floods: even so they that dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but that which is upon the earth: and he that dwelleth above the heavens may only understand the things that are above the height of the heavens.
For it was not my mind to be curious of the high
things, but of such as pass by us daily, namely, wherefore Israel is given up as a reproach to the heathen, and for what cause the people whom thou hast loved is given over unto ungodly nations, and why the law of our forefathers is brought to
nought, and the written covenants come to none effect,
What will he then do unto his name whereby we are called? of these things have I asked.
And cannot
comprehend the
things that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this world is full of unrighteousness and
infirmities.
But as concerning the
things whereof thou askest me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.
Then I answered and said, How, and when shall these things come to pass? wherefore are our years few and evil?
Did not the souls also of the righteous ask question of these things in their chambers, saying, How long shall I hope on this fashion? when cometh the fruit of the floor of our reward?
And unto these
things Uriel the
archangel gave them answer, and said, Even when the number of seeds is filled in you: for he hath
weighed the world in the balance.
For like as a woman that travaileth maketh
haste to escape the necessity of the
travail: even so do these places
haste to deliver those
things that are committed unto them.
To
shew thee such
tokens I have leave; and if thou
wilt pray again, and
weep as now, and fast even days, thou shalt hear yet greater
things.
And said unto me, Hear me, and I will
instruct thee;
hearken to the
thing that I say, and I shall tell thee more.
And he said unto me, Number me the
things that are not yet come, gather me together the
dross that are scattered abroad, make me the flowers green again that are
withered,
Open me the places that are closed, and bring me forth the winds that in them are shut up,
shew me the image of a voice: and then I will declare to thee the
thing that thou labourest to know.
And I said, O Lord that bearest rule, who may know these things, but he that hath not his dwelling with men?
As for me, I am unwise: how may I then speak of these
things whereof thou askest me?
Then said he unto me, Like as thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out my judgment, or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people.
For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created.
Then did I consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: by me also they shall be ended, and by none other.
And why? because the speech of these things trembleth and is moved: for it knoweth that the end of these things must be changed.
If thou
wilt pray yet more, and fast seven days again, I shall tell thee greater
things by day than I have heard.
And therefore hath he sent me to
shew thee all these
things, and to say unto thee, Be of good comfort and fear not
And
hasten not with the times that are past, to think vain
things, that thou mayest not
hasten from the latter times.
For the
dumb water and without life brought forth living
things at the commandment of God, that all people might praise thy
wondrous works.
Upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto the earth, that before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and
creeping things:
There is also another thing; A city is builded, and set upon a broad field, and is full of all good things:
If then they that live labour not to enter these strait and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.
Why hast thou not considered in thy mind this thing that is to come, rather than that which is present?
Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, thou hast ordained in thy law, that the righteous should
inherit these
things, but that the ungodly should perish.
Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.
Nevertheless they were not
obedient unto him; but spake against him, and imagined vain
things;
And therefore,
Esdras, for the empty are empty
things, and for the full are the full
things.
That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.
But that which keepeth and is kept shall both be preserved: and when the time cometh, the
womb preserved delivereth up the
things that grew in it.
That the
thing which is fashioned may be
nourished for a time, till thou disposest it to thy mercy.
If therefore thou shalt destroy him which with so great labour was fashioned, it is an easy thing to be ordained by thy commandment, that the thing which was made might be preserved.
O Lord, thou that dwellest in
everlastingness which beholdest from above
things in the heaven and in the air;
Then answered he me, and said, Some
things hast thou spoken
aright, and according unto thy words it shall be.
For as the
husbandman soweth much seed upon the ground, and planteth many trees, and yet the
thing that is sown good in his season cometh not up, neither
doth all that is planted take root: even so is it of them that are sown in the world; they shall not all be saved.
Even so perisheth man also, which is formed with thy hands, and is called thine own image, because thou art like unto him, for whose sake thou hast made all
things, and
likened him unto the
husbandman’s seed.
Then answered he me, and said, Things present are for the present, and things to cometh for such as be to come.
For as the
things aforesaid shalt receive you, so
thirst and pain are prepared for them: for it was not his will that men should come to
nought:
These things have I not shewed unto all men, but unto thee, and a few like thee. Then answered I and said,
Then shalt thou well understand, that the most High spake of those things from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning.
Yet they that received it perished, because they kept not the thing that was sown in them.
That
thing also which was sown, or cast therein, or received,
doth perish, and remaineth not with us: but with us it hath not happened so.
And when I spake these
things in my heart, I looked back with mine eyes, and upon the right side I saw a woman, and, behold, she
mourned and
wept with a loud voice, and was much
grieved in heart, and her clothes were rent, and she had ashes upon her head.
Our
psaltery is laid on the ground, our song is put to silence, our
rejoicing is at an end, the light of our
candlestick is put out, the ark of our covenant is
spoiled, our holy
things are
defiled, and the name that is called upon us is almost
profaned: our children are put to shame, our priests are burnt, our Levites are gone into captivity, our virgins are
defiled, and our wives
ravished; our righteous men carried away, our little ones destroyed, our young men are brought in
bondage, and our strong men are become weak;
He answered me then, and said, Hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid: for the Highest will
reveal many secret
things unto thee.
And, behold, thou sawest her likeness, and because she
mourned for her son, thou begannest to comfort her: and of these
things which have chanced, these are to be opened unto thee.
And so shall the Highest
shew thee visions of the high
things, which the most High will do unto them that dwell upon the earth in the last days. So I
slept that night and another, like as he commanded me.
And I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto her, and no man spake against her, no, not one creature upon earth.
Then I head a voice, which said unto me, Look before thee, and consider the thing that thou seest.
In his last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms, and renew many things therein, and they shall have the dominion of the earth,
Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book, and hide them:
And I
beheld, and, lo, that man waxed strong with the thousands of heaven: and when he turned his countenance to look, all the
things trembled that were seen under him.
Now understand I the things that are laid up in the latter days, which shall happen unto them, and to those that are left behind.
Yet is it easier for him that is in danger to come into these things, than to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and not to see the things that happen in the last days. And he answered unto me, and said,
The interpretation of the vision shall I
shew thee, and I will open unto thee the
thing that thou hast required.
And the time shall be when these things shall come to pass, and the signs shall happen which I shewed thee before, and then shall my Son be declared, whom thou sawest as a man ascending.
And he said unto me, Like as thou canst neither seek out nor know the things that are in the deep of the sea: even so can no man upon earth see my Son, or those that be with him, but in the day time.
And therefore have I shewed thee the treasures of the Highest: after other three days I will speak other
things unto thee, and declare unto thee mighty and
wondrous things.
And because he governeth the same, and such things as fall in their seasons: and there I sat three days.
And told him many
wondrous things, and shewed him the secrets of the times, and the end; and commanded him, saying,
For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the work that shall begin.
And come
hither, and I shall light a
candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out, till the
things be performed which thou shalt begin to write.
And when thou hast done, some
things shalt thou
publish, and some
things shalt thou
shew secretly to the wise: to
morrow this hour shalt thou begin to write.
And
forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from you in time the
thing that he had given you.
I will hold my tongue no more as touching their wickedness, which they
profanely commit, neither will I suffer them in those
things, in which they wickedly exercise themselves: behold, the innocent and righteous blood crieth unto me, and the souls of the just
complain continually.
Behold, saith God, I will call together all the kings of the earth to reverence me, which are from the rising of the sun, from the south, from the east, and Libanus; to turn themselves one against another, and repay the things that they have done to them.
But for all these things they shall not turn from their wickedness, nor be always mindful of the scourges.
Hear now these things and understand them, ye servants of the Lord.
Yea and the Spirit of
Almighty God, which made all
things, and searcheth out all hidden
things in the secrets of the earth,
For, behold, the burning wrath of a great multitude is
kindled over you, and they shall take away certain of you, and feed you, being idle, with
things offered unto idols.
Then all my goods were
forcibly taken away, neither was there any
thing left me, beside my wife
Anna and my son Tobias.
And when it was in my house, and began to cry, I said unto her, From whence is this
kid? is it not
stolen? render it to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat any
thing that is
stolen.
Whe she heard these
things, she was very sorrowful, so that she thought to have
strangled herself; and she said, I am the only daughter of my father, and if I do this, it shall be a reproach unto him, and I shall bring his old age with sorrow unto the grave.
Let not the wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee,
tarry with thee, but give him it out of hand: for if thou serve God, he will also repay thee: be
circumspect my son, in all
things thou doest, and be wise in all thy conversation.
Bless the Lord thy God
alway, and desire of him that thy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may
prosper: for every nation hath not counsel; but the Lord himself giveth all good
things, and he humbleth whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind.