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3,205 verses contain “con” (in the KJV: 2,174, in the BSB: 1,788) — showing 2,901–3,000
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That both now and hereafter there may be safety to us and the well affected Persians; but to those which do conspire against us a memorial of destruction.
For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.
But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them: for when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a covenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it.
Therefore let us lie in wait for the righteous; because he is not for our turn, and he is clean contrary to our doings: he upbraideth us with our offending the law, and objecteth to our infamy the transgressings of our education.
Let us condemn him with a shameful death: for by his own saying he shall be respected.
For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.
Thus the righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly which are living; and youth that is soon perfected the many years and old age of the unrighteous.
And when they cast up the accounts of their sins, they shall come with fear: and their own iniquities shall convince them to their face.
Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.
Neither will I go with consuming envy; for such a man shall have no fellowship with wisdom.
God hath granted me to speak as I would, and to conceive as is meet for the things that are given me: because it is he that leadeth unto wisdom, and directeth the wise.
In that she is conversant with God, she magnifieth her nobility: yea, the Lord of all things himself loved her.
If a man desire much experience, she knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: she foreseeth signs and wonders, and the events of seasons and times.
I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of great men.
After I am come into mine house, I will repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness; and to live with her hath no sorrow, but mirth and joy.
Now when I considered these things in myself, and pondered them in my heart, how that to be allied unto wisdom is immortality;
And great pleasure it is to have her friendship; and in the works of her hands are infinite riches; and in the exercise of conference with her, prudence; and in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.
Moreover, the nations in their wicked conspiracy being confounded, she found out the righteous, and preserved him blameless unto God, and kept him strong against his tender compassion toward his son.
She defended him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those that lay in wait, and in a sore conflict she gave him the victory; that he might know that goodness is stronger than all.
For these thou didst admonish and try, as a father: but the other, as a severe king, thou didst condemn and punish.
Forsomuch then as thou art righteous thyself, thou orderest all things righteously: thinking it not agreeable with thy power to condemn him that hath not deserved to be punished.
For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy children, and the condemned to death, with such deliberation, giving them time and place, whereby they might be delivered from their malice:
Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;
For being conversant in his works they search him diligently, and believe their sight: because the things are beautiful that are seen.
And when he had made a convenient room for it, set it in a wall, and made it fast with iron:
For the potter, tempering soft earth, fashioneth every vessel with much labour for our service: yea, of the same clay he maketh both the vessels that serve for clean uses, and likewise also all such as serve to the contrary: but what is the use of either sort, the potter himself is the judge.
And in this thou madest thine enemies confess, that it is thou who deliverest from all evil:
For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words; and were quickly saved, that not falling into deep forgetfulness, they might be continually mindful of thy goodness.
For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thine arm: with strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, and through fire were they consumed.
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.
For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous, and being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth grievous things.
For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints should be like partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the songs of praise.
For quails came up unto them from the sea for their contentment.
She hath built an everlasting foundation with men, and she shall continue with their seed.
Exalt not thyself, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul, and so God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst of the congregation, because thou camest not in truth to the fear of the Lord, but thy heart is full of deceit.
Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
For the Lord hath given the father honour over the children, and hath confirmed the authority of the mother over the sons.
Get thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a great man.
Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil; and be not ashamed when it concerneth thy soul.
Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.
And say not, Who shall controul me for my works? for the Lord will surely revenge thy pride.
Concerning propitiation, be not without fear to add sin unto sin:
Be not called a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue: for a foul shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue.
Again, some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction.
Let thy mind be upon the ordinances of the Lord and meditate continually in his commandments: he shall establish thine heart, and give thee wisdom at thine owns desire.
Consult not with a fool; for he cannot keep counsel.
As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise.
It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding; neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man.
Strive not in a matter that concerneth thee not; and sit not in judgment with sinners.
Whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.
Be stedfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and wax old in thy work.
All flesh consorteth according to kind, and a man will cleave to his like.
Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.
Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.
He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets.
He shall be stayed upon her, and shall not be moved; and shall rely upon her, and shall not be confounded.
She shall exalt him above his neighbours, and in the midst of the congregation shall she open his mouth.
In the congregation of the ungodly shall a fire be kindled; and in a rebellious nation wrath is set on fire.
No heart can think upon these things worthily: and who is able to conceive his ways?
And he said unto them, Beware of all unrighteousness; and he gave every man commandment concerning his neighbour.
Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
A fool will upbraid churlishly, and a gift of the envious consumeth the eyes.
A labouring man that A is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.
Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness shall be condemned: but he that resisteth pleasures crowneth his life.
It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly: and he that confesseth his fault shall be preserved from hurt.
A lie is a foul blot in a man, yet it is continually in the mouth of the untaught.
The congregation of the wicked is like tow wrapped together: and the end of them is a flame of fire to destroy them.
They enquire at the mouth of the wise man in the congregation, and they shall ponder his words in their heart.
Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest rejoice in his prosperity: abide stedfast unto him in the time of his trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage: for a mean estate is not always to be contemned: nor the rich that is foolish to be had in admiration.
Turn away from me vain hopes and concupiscence, and thou shalt hold him up that is desirous always to serve thee.
For as a servant that is continually beaten shall not be without a blue mark: so he that sweareth and nameth God continually shall not be faultless.
Two sorts of men multiply sin, and the third will bring wrath: a hot mind is as a burning fire, it will never be quenched till it be consumed: a fornicator in the body of his flesh will never cease till he hath kindled a fire.
Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, and considering the most secret parts.
She shall be brought out into the congregation, and inquisition shall be made of her children.
In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.
He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that work by me shall not do amiss.
All these things are the book of the covenant of the most high God, even the law which Moses commanded for an heritage unto the congregations of Jacob.
Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that he may confirm you, cleave unto him: for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and beside him there is no other Saviour.
I also came out as a brook from a river, and as a conduit into a garden.
A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued.
As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with a constant heart.
So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the confidence of their good descent.
A dishonest woman contemneth shame: but an honest woman will reverence her husband.
The fruit declareth if the tree have been dressed; so is the utterance of a conceit in the heart of man.
If thou be among the indiscreet, observe the time; but be continually among men of understanding.
They that rejoice at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the snare; and anguish shall consume them before they die.
As the matter of the fire is, so it burneth: and as a man’s strength is, so is his wrath; and according to his riches his anger riseth; and the stronger they are which contend, the more they will be inflamed.
An hasty contention kindleth a fire: and an hasty fighting sheddeth blood.
Be it little or much, hold thee contented, that thou hear not the reproach of thy house.
Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body.
Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.
Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.
His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms.
A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold.
A man of counsel will be considerate; but a strange and proud man is not daunted with fear, even when of himself he hath done without counsel.
Be not confident in a plain way.
Consider that I laboured not for myself only, but for all them that seek learning.
Hear me, O ye great men of the people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the congregation.
Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.