2,223 verses contain “before” (in the KJV: 1,966, in the BSB: 1,341) — showing 1,101–1,200
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For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
And I have been
blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that
hate me.
You have made my enemies retreat
before me; I put an end to those who
hated me.
Then did I beat them small as the dust
before the wind: I did cast them out as the
dirt in the streets.
I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I
trampled them like mud in the streets.
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will
fulfill my vows
before those who fear You.
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will
kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
You prepare a table
before me in the presence of my enemies. You
anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
For Your loving devotion is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth.
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
For I said in my
haste, I am cut off from
before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I
cried unto thee.
In my
alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my
plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
Let them be as
chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD
chase them.
May they be like
chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
The
transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God
before his eyes.
An
oracle is in my heart regarding the
transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God
before his eyes.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him:
fret not
thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Be still
before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not
fret when men
prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
Lord, all my desire is
before thee; and my
groaning is not
hid from thee.
O Lord, my every desire is
before You; my
groaning is not hidden from You.
For I am ready to
halt, and my sorrow is continually
before me.
For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
I said, I will take
heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a
bridle, while the wicked is
before me.
I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a
muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
Behold, thou hast made my days as an
handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing
before thee:
verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.
Selah.
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing
before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath.
Selah O
spare me, that I may recover strength,
before I go hence, and be no more.
Turn Your
gaze away from me, that I may again be
cheered before I depart and am no more.”
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine
integrity, and settest me
before thy face for ever.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
She shall be brought unto the king in
raiment of
needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall
devour before him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about him.
Our God approaches and will not be silent!
Consuming fire precedes Him, and a
tempest rages around Him.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
I do not
rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever
before Me.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as
thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order
before thine eyes.
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I
rebuke you and
accuse you to your face.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
I will praise You
forever, because You have done it. I will wait on Your name— for it is good— in the presence of Your saints.
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God
before them.
Selah.
For strangers rise up against me, and
ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God.
Selah For thou hast delivered my soul from death:
wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk
before God in the light of the living?
For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from
stumbling, that I may walk
before God in the light of life.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have
digged a pit
before me, into the midst
whereof they are fallen themselves.
Selah.
They spread a net for my feet; my soul was
despondent. They
dug a pit
before me, but they themselves have fallen into it!
Selah Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a
whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will
sweep them away.
He shall
abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
May he sit enthroned in God’s presence
forever;
appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.
Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart
before him: God is a refuge for us.
Selah.
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts
before Him. God is our refuge.
Selah Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Say to God, “How
awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower
before You.
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that
hate him
flee before him.
God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who
hate Him
flee His presence.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
As smoke is
blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts
before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:
extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name
JAH, and
rejoice before him.
Sing to God! Sing praises to His name.
Exalt Him who rides on the clouds— His name is the LORD— and
rejoice before Him.
O God, when thou wentest forth
before thy people, when thou
didst march through the wilderness;
Selah:
O God, when You went out
before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland,
Selah The earth
shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even
Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
the earth
shook and the heavens poured down rain
before God, the One on
Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
The singers went
before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with
timbrels.
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine
adversaries are all
before thee.
You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my
adversaries are
before You.
Let their table become a
snare before them: and that which should have been for their
welfare, let it become a
trap.
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow
before him; and his enemies shall
lick the dust.
May the nomads bow
before him, and his enemies
lick the dust.
Yea, all kings shall fall down
before him: all nations shall serve him.
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
So
foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast
before thee.
I was senseless and ignorant; I was a
brute beast
before You.
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art
angry?
You alone are to be feared. When You are
angry, who can stand
before You?
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
They were not
estranged from their
lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
He drove out nations
before them and
apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the
revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?”
Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your
vengeance for the
bloodshed of Your servants.
Let the
sighing of the prisoner come
before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
May the groans of the
captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and
Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
before Ephraim, Benjamin, and
Manasseh.
Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
Thou preparedst room
before it, and
didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the
stubble before the wind.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in
Zion appeareth
before God.
They go from strength to strength, until each appears
before God in
Zion.
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship
before thee, O Lord; and shall
glorify thy name.
All the nations You have made will come and bow
before You, O Lord, and they will
glorify Your name.
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the
assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee
before them.
The
arrogant rise against me, O God; a band of
ruthless men seeks my life, with no regard for You.
O LORD God of my salvation, I have
cried day and night
before thee:
O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
Let my prayer come
before thee:
incline thine ear unto my cry;
May my prayer come
before You;
incline Your ear to my cry.
But unto thee have I
cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
Justice and judgment are the
habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go
before thy face.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
And I will beat down his foes
before his face, and plague them that
hate him.
I will
crush his foes
before him and strike down those who
hate him.
His seed shall
endure for ever, and his throne as the sun
before me.
his offspring shall
endure forever, and his throne
before Me like the sun,
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from
everlasting to
everlasting, thou art God.
Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from
everlasting to
everlasting You are God.
Thou hast set our
iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
You have set our
iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Let us come
before his presence with
thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
Let us enter His presence with
thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us
kneel before the LORD our maker.
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us
kneel before the LORD our Maker.
Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Splendor and majesty are
before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.
O worship the LORD in the beauty of
holiness: fear
before him, all the earth.
Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
The mountains
melt like wax at the presence of the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.
With
trumpets and sound of
cornet make a joyful noise
before the LORD, the King.
With
trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn
shout for joy
before the LORD, the King.
Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with
equity.
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with
equity.
Serve the LORD with
gladness: come
before his presence with singing.
Serve the LORD with
gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
I will set no wicked thing
before mine eyes: I
hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not
cleave to me.
I will set no worthless thing
before my eyes. I
hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not
cling to me.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.
The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
He sent a man before them— Joseph, sold as a slave.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood
before Him in the breach to
divert His wrath from destroying them.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be
blotted out.
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered
before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be
blotted out.
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
I prevented the
dawning of the morning, and
cried: I hoped in thy word.
I rise
before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
I have kept thy precepts and thy
testimonies: for all my ways are
before thee.
I obey Your precepts and Your
testimonies, for all my ways are
before You.
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
Let my
supplication come
before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
May my
plea come
before You;
rescue me according to Your promise.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth
afore it groweth up:
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which
withers before it can grow,
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
I give You
thanks with all my heart;
before the gods I sing Your praises.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
Thou hast
beset me behind and
before, and laid thine hand upon me.
You
hem me in behind and
before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
May my prayer be set
before You like incense, my
uplifted hands like the evening offering.