1,441 verses contain “behold” (in the KJV: 1,412, in the BSB: 327) — showing 601–700
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Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
See how He scatters His
lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes
behold afar off.
From there he
spies out food; his eyes see it from
afar.
Behold, I am
vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
Cast abroad the
rage of thy wrath: and
behold every one that is proud, and
abase him.
Unleash the
fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
Behold now
behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Look at
Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Though the river rages,
Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him
overwhelming?
He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
He looks down on all the
haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth
falsehood.
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births
falsehood.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The
victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their
arrow upon the string, that they may
privily shoot at the upright in heart.
For
behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their
arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance
doth behold the upright.
For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
May my
vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
As for me, I will
behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I
awake, with thy likeness.
As for me, I will
behold Your face in righteousness; when I
awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to
behold the beauty of the LORD, and to
enquire in his temple.
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to
gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
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 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not
refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
I
proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings
devastation upon the earth.
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
Behold, I was
shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that
uphold my soul.
Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the
sustainer of my soul.
They run and prepare themselves without my fault:
awake to help me, and
behold.
For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
Behold, they
belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they,
doth hear?
See what they
spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes
behold the nations: let not the
rebellious exalt themselves.
Selah.
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he
doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who
prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.
If I say, I will speak thus;
behold, I should
offend against the generation of thy children.
If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have
betrayed Your children.
Behold, he
smote the rock, that the waters
gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
When He struck the rock, water
gushed out and torrents
raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
Return, we
beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and
behold, and visit this vine;
Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine
anointed.
Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your
anointed.
I will make mention of
Rahab and Babylon to them that know me:
behold Philistia, and Tyre, with
Ethiopia; this man was born there.
“I will mention
Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and
Cush— when I say, ‘This one was born in
Zion.’”
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
You will only see it with your eyes and witness the punishment of the wicked.
For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD
gazed out from heaven to earth
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may
behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Open my eyes that I may see
wondrous things from Your law.
Turn away mine eyes from
beholding vanity; and
quicken thou me in thy way.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:
quicken me in thy righteousness.
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither
slumber nor sleep.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a
maiden unto the hand of her
mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a
maidservant look to the hand of her
mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
Behold,
bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
Come,
bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
If I
ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in
hell,
behold, thou art there.
If I
ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in
Sheol, You are there.
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
If you had
repented at my
rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
Behold, the righteous shall be
recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the
sinner.
If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the
sinner!
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
Thine eyes shall
behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter
perverse things.
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
If thou sayest,
Behold, we knew it not;
doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul,
doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and,
behold, all is vanity and
vexation of spirit.
I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be
futile, a pursuit of the wind.
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have
gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem:
yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
I said to myself, “Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge.”
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with
mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and,
behold, this also is vanity.
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good!” But it proved to be
futile.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and,
behold, all was vanity and
vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had
toiled to
achieve, I found everything to be
futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and
behold the tears of such as were
oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the
oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
When good things increase, so do those who
consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to
behold them with his eyes?
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
How beautiful you are, my
darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved,
yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
The voice of my beloved!
behold, he cometh
leaping upon the mountains,
skipping upon the hills.
Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
My beloved is like a
roe or a young
hart:
behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows,
shewing himself through the
lattice.
Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage,
escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
Go forth, O ye daughters of
Zion, and
behold king Solomon with the crown
wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his
espousals, and in the day of the
gladness of his heart.
Come out, O daughters of
Zion, and
gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his
wedding— the day of his heart’s
rejoicing.
Behold, thou art fair, my love;
behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount
Gilead.
How beautiful you are, my
darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your
veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount
Gilead.
For,
behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts,
doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
For the
vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but
behold oppression; for righteousness, but
behold a cry.
For the
vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw
bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
And he will lift up an
ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and,
behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
He lifts a
banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth.
Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
And in that day they shall
roar against them like the
roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land,
behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is
darkened in the heavens thereof.
In that day they will
roar over it, like the
roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign;
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name
Immanuel.
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign:
Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him
Immanuel.
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates— the king of Assyria and all his
pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount
Zion.
Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount
Zion.
And they shall look unto the earth; and
behold trouble and darkness,
dimness of
anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the
gloom of
anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall
lop the
bough with terror: and the high ones of
stature shall be
hewn down, and the
haughty shall be humbled.
Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will
lop off the branches with
terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with
fury and burning anger— to make the earth a
desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.
Behold, I will
stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Behold, I will
stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
The burden of Damascus.
Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a
ruinous heap.
This is the burden against Damascus: “
Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a
heap of ruins.
And
behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that
spoil us, and the lot of them that
rob us.
In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who
loot us and the lot of those who
plunder us.
The burden of Egypt.
Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall
melt in the midst of it.
This is the burden against Egypt:
Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will
tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will
melt within them.
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day,
Behold, such is our expectation,
whither we
flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and
deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
And,
behold, here cometh a
chariot of men, with a couple of
horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the
graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Look, here come the riders,
horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie
shattered on the ground!”
And
behold joy and
gladness,
slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to
morrow we shall die.
But look, there is joy and
gladness,
butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for
tomorrow we die!”
Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to
shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not,
til the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Look at the land of the Chaldeans— a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and
stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it
upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and
scatter its inhabitants—
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.
For,
behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
For
behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will
reveal her
bloodshed and will no longer
conceal her slain.
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a
tempest of
hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a
hailstorm or destructive
tempest, like a driving rain or flooding
downpour, he will
smash that crown to the ground.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD,
Behold, I lay in
Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make
haste.
So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in
Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be
shaken.
It shall even be as when an
hungry man dreameth, and,
behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a
thirsty man dreameth, and,
behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and,
behold, he is
faint, and his soul hath
appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount
Zion.
as when a
hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still
hungry; as when a
thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens
faint and
parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount
Zion.
Therefore,
behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their
prudent men shall be
hid.
Therefore I will again
confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will
vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”