664 verses contain “Though” (in the KJV: 451, in the BSB: 351) — showing 201–300
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A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come
nigh thee.
Though a thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, no
harm will come near you.
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do
flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
The LORD knows the
thoughts of man, that they are
futile.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
When your fathers
tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou
wast a God that forgavest them,
though thou tookest
vengeance of their inventions.
O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a
forgiving God to them, yet an
avenger of their misdeeds.
Because that he remembered not to
shew mercy, but
persecuted the poor and
needy man, that he might even
slay the broken in heart.
For he never
thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and
needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
Though they
curse, You will
bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will
rejoice.
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did
meditate in thy statutes.
Though rulers sit and
slander me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
I
thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy
testimonies.
I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your
testimonies.
The bands of the wicked have
robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not
forget Your law.
The proud have
forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Though the
arrogant have
smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
For I am become like a
bottle in the smoke; yet do I not
forget thy statutes.
Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not
forget Your statutes.
I
hate vain
thoughts: but thy law do I love.
The double-minded I
despise, but Your law I love.
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy
testimonies.
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your
testimonies.
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth
afar off.
Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from
afar.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou
wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my
thoughts from
afar.
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
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.
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,
He will not regard any
ransom; neither will he rest content,
though thou givest many gifts.
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Be
assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
The
thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are
deceit.
The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to
deceit.
The
thoughts of the wicked are an
abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the words of the pure are pleasant to Him.
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
Every one that is proud in heart is an
abomination to the LORD:
though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
For
though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked
stumble in bad times.
Whose hatred is covered by
deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
Though his hatred is concealed by
deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
Though you
grind a
fool like grain with mortar and a
pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is
perverse in his ways,
though he be rich.
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone;
though he understands, he will not
respond.
If thou hast done
foolishly in lifting up
thyself, or if thou hast
thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
There is one alone, and there is not a second;
yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and
bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity,
yea, it is a
sore travail.
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And
though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I
toil and
bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is
futile—a
miserable task.
And if one prevail against him, two shall
withstand him; and a
threefold cord is not quickly broken.
And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
For the youth has come from the prison to the
kingship,
though he was born poor in his own kingdom.
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,
Yea,
though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose,
though a man’s misery weighs
heavily upon him.
Though a
sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Although a
sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are
reverent in His presence.
When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night
seeth sleep with his eyes:)
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
Then I
beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because
though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it;
yea further;
though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to
comprehend the work that is done under the sun.
Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to
comprehend.
Curse not the king, no not in thy
thought; and
curse not the rich in thy
bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Do not
curse the king even in your
thoughts, or
curse the rich even in your
bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you:
yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even
though you multiply your prayers, I will not
listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:
though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “
Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow;
though they are as red as
crimson, they will become like wool.
But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a
teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
And
though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the
terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a
stump in the land.”
For
though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a
remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a
remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee:
though thou
wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were
angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
The LORD of hosts hath
sworn, saying, Surely as I have
thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
The LORD of Hosts has
sworn: “Surely, as I have
planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore,
though you
cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from
exotic vines—
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to
flourish: but the harvest shall be a
heap in the day of grief and of
desperate sorrow.
though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed
sprout— yet the harvest will
vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly
threshed.
Though the wheels of the
cart roll over it, the horses do not
crush it.
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
For though their princes are at Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,
And
though the Lord give you the bread of
adversity, and the water of
affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
The Lord will give you the bread of
adversity and the water of
affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion
roaring on his prey, when a multitude of
shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor
abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount
Zion, and for the hill thereof.
For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion
roaring or a young lion over its prey— and
though a band of
shepherds is called out against it, it is not
terrified by their
shouting or subdued by their
clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount
Zion and its heights.
And an
highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of
holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the
wayfaring men,
though fools, shall not
err therein.
And there will be a
highway called the Way of
Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not
stray onto it.
Then said
Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
But
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he
thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”
For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine
elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have
surnamed thee,
though thou hast not known me.
For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I
girded thee,
though thou hast not known me:
I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will
equip you for battle,
though you have not known Me,
And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the
womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him,
Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the
womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him— for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—
For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be
shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has
compassion on you.
Let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly
pardon.
Let the wicked man
forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own
thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have
compassion, and to our God, for He will freely
pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
Their feet run to evil, and they make
haste to shed innocent blood: their
thoughts are
thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their
thoughts are sinful
thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their
wake.
Doubtless thou art our father,
though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our
redeemer; thy name is from
everlasting.
Yet You are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our
Redeemer from
Everlasting is Your name.
I have spread out my hands all the day unto a
rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own
thoughts;
All day long I have held out My hands to an
obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations,
For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which
doth not profit.
Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
For
though thou wash thee with
nitre, and take thee much
sope, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
Although you wash with
lye and use an abundance of soap, the
stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
Moreover, your skirts are
stained with the blood of the innocent poor,
though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her
treacherous sister Judah saw it.
I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly
heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain
thoughts lodge within thee?
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you
harbor wicked
thoughts within you?
And when thou art
spoiled, what
wilt thou do?
Though thou clothest
thyself with
crimson,
though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold,
though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make
thyself fair; thy lovers will
despise thee, they will seek thy life.
And
though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they
swear falsely.
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are
swearing falsely.”
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not
tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and
though the waves thereof
toss themselves, yet can they not prevail;
though they
roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not
tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an
enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves
surge, but they cannot prevail. They
roar but cannot cross it.
I have
likened the daughter of
Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of
Zion.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their
thoughts, because they have not
hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Hear, O earth! I am bringing
disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be
terrified by the signs in the heavens,
though the nations themselves are
terrified by them.
Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and
though they shall cry unto me, I will not
hearken unto them.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a
disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not
listen to them.
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt
treacherously with thee;
yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not,
though they speak fair words unto thee.
Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have
betrayed you; even they have
cried aloud against you. Do not trust them,
though they speak well of you.
O LORD,
though our
iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have
sinned against thee.
Although our
iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have
sinned against You.
Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will
repent of the evil that I
thought to do unto them.
But if that nation I
warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the
disaster I had
planned to bring.
As I live, saith the LORD,
though Coniah the son of
Jehoiakim king of Judah were the
signet upon my right hand, yet would I
pluck thee thence;
“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of
Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a
signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
To
hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not
hearkened;
and if you do not
listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even
though you did not
listen,
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to
prosper you and not to
harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath
prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has
prophesied to you—
though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee:
though I make a full end of all nations
whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Is Ephraim my
dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my
bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child?
Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great
compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they
brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
And he shall lead
Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD:
though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not
prosper?
He will take
Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”