4,553 verses contain “eve” (in the KJV: 3,396, in the BSB: 2,072) — showing 4,101–4,200
King James Bible KJV Bible
Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible
And then was the spirit, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man’s voice was not yet formed.
And now, O Lord, behold, these heathen, which have
ever been reputed as nothing, have begun to be lords over us, and to
devour us.
And one only path between them both, even between the fire and the water, so small that there could but one man go there at once.
And I said, It is so, Lord. Then said he unto me, Even so also is Israel’s portion.
For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.
Even so now, seeing corruption is grown up, and wickedness increased, and the righteous have prayed for the ungodly: wherefore shall it not be so now also?
And that there is promised us an
everlasting hope, whereas ourselves being most wicked are made vain?
And that there should be shewed a
paradise, whose fruit endureth for
ever, wherein is security and medicine, since we shall not enter into it?
I will tell thee a
similitude,
Esdras; As when thou askest the earth, it shall say unto thee, that it giveth much mould
whereof earthen vessels are made, but little dust that gold cometh of:
even so is the course of this present world.
O Lord, thou that dwellest in
everlastingness which beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air;
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 shalt thou well understand, that the most High spake of those things from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning.
Even so the times also of the Highest have plain beginnings in wonder and powerful works, and endings in effects and signs.
And every one that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his works, and by faith, whereby ye have believed,
And now when I prepared the world, which was not yet made, even for them to dwell in that now live, no man spake against me.
For then every one obeyed: but now the manners of them which are created in this world that is made are corrupted by a perpetual seed, and by a law which is unsearchable rid themselves.
For, behold, I
sow my law in you, and it shall bring fruit in you, and ye shall be honoured in it for
ever.
And those thirty years I did nothing else day and night, and every hour, but make my, prayer to the Highest.
Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with labour; even so the earth also hath given her fruit, namely, man, ever since the beginning unto him that made her.
This woman, whom thou sawest is
Sion: and whereas she said unto thee,
even she whom thou seest as a city builded,
Watch not all at once: sleep every one in his own place, and watch by course:
So went it with all the residue one after another, as that every one reigned, and then appeared no more.
And now go your way home every man, and after these days will I come unto you.
And they were all mixed together; the blast of fire, the flaming breath, and the great
tempest; and fell with violence upon the multitude which was prepared to fight, and burned them up
every one, so that upon a sudden of an innumerable multitude nothing was to be perceived, but only dust and smell of smoke: when I saw this I was afraid.
And when all the people hear his voice, every man shall in their own land leave the battle they have one against another.
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.
Then was the land,
even the land of
Sion, parted among you by lot: but your fathers, and ye
yourselves, have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Highest commanded you.
They shall
smite one upon another, and they shall
smite down a great multitude of stars upon the earth,
even their own star; and blood shall be from the sword unto the
belly,
The great and mighty clouds shall be
puffed up full of wrath, and the star, that they may make all the earth afraid, and them that dwell therein; and they shall pour out over
every high and eminent place an
horrible star,
Like as thou hast done unto my chosen, saith the Lord, even so shall God do unto thee, and shall deliver thee into mischief
Like as an
arrow which is shot of a mighty archer returneth not backward:
even so the plagues that shall be sent upon earth shall not return again.
Behold,
victuals shall be so good
cheap upon earth, that they shall think themselves to be in good case, and
even then shall evils grow upon earth, sword, famine, and great confusion.
As in an
orchard of Olives upon
every tree there are left three or four olives;
Even so in those days there shall be three or four left by them that search their houses with the sword.
Even so shall not the plagues be
slack to come upon the earth, and the world shall
mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it on
every side.
O my people, hear my word: make you ready to thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.
So shall righteousness
hate iniquity, when she decketh herself, and shall
accuse her to her face, when he cometh that shall defend him that
diligently searcheth out
every sin upon earth.
Surely he knoweth your inventions, and what ye think in your hearts, even them that sin, and would hide their sin.
Behold, God himself is the judge, fear him: leave off from your sins, and
forget your
iniquities, to
meddle no more with them for
ever: so shall God lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble.
For there shall be in every place, and in the next cities, a great insurrection upon those that fear the Lord.
But I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it was ordained unto all the people of Israel by an
everlasting decree, having the firstfruits and tenths of increase, with that which was first
shorn; and them gave I at the altar to the priests the children of Aaron.
The first tenth part of all increase I gave to the sons of Aaron, who ministered at Jerusalem: another tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it every year at Jerusalem:
O Lord, thou art just, and all thy works and all thy ways are mercy and truth, and thou judgest truly and justly for ever.
Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee, and command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be dissolved, and become earth: for it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and have much sorrow: command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into the
everlasting place: turn not thy face away from me.
Then she prayed toward the window, and said, Blessed art thou, O Lord my God, and thine holy and glorious name is blessed and honourable for ever: let all thy works praise thee for ever.
Beware of all
whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy father’s tribe: for we are the children of the prophets, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: remember, my son, that our fathers from the beginning,
even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed shall
inherit the land.
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.
And as they went on their journey, they came in the
evening to the river
Tigris, and they
lodged there.
Then began Tobias to say, Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed is thy holy and glorious name for
ever; let the heavens
bless thee, and all thy creatures.
Thou madest Adam, and gavest him Eve his wife for an helper and stay: of them came mankind: thou hast said, It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.
Then Raguel praised God, and said, O God, thou art worthy to be praised with all pure and holy praise; therefore let thy saints praise thee with all thy creatures; and let all thine angels and thine
elect praise thee for
ever.
Now
Tobit his father counted
every day: and when the days of the journey were
expired, and they came not,
But she said, Hold thy peace, and
deceive me not; my son is dead. And she went out
every day into the way which they went, and did eat no meat on the
daytime, and ceased not whole nights to
bewail her son Tobias, until the fourteen days of the
wedding were
expired, which Raguel had
sworn that he should
spend there. Then Tobias said to Raguel, Let me go, for my father and my mother look no more to see me.
And he
wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name for
ever; and blessed are all thine holy angels:
For not of any favour of mine, but by the will of our God I came; wherefore praise him for ever.
Then
Tobit wrote a prayer of
rejoicing, and said, Blessed be God that liveth for
ever, and blessed be his kingdom.
There declare his greatness, and
extol him before all the living: for he is our Lord, and he is the God our Father for
ever.
If ye turn to him with your whole heart, and with your whole mind, and deal uprightly before him, then will he turn unto you, and will not hide his face from you. Therefore see what he will do with you, and
confess him with your whole mouth, and praise the Lord of might, and
extol the
everlasting King. In the land of my captivity do I praise him, and declare his might and majesty to a sinful nation. O ye sinners, turn and do justice before him: who can tell if he will accept you, and have mercy on you?
Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: and praise the
everlasting King, that his tabernacle may be builded in thee again with joy, and let him make joyful there in thee those that are
captives, and love in thee for
ever those that are
miserable.
Many nations shall come from far to the name of the Lord God with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the King of heaven; all generations shall praise thee with great joy.
Cursed are all they which
hate thee, and blessed shall all be which love thee for
ever.
O blessed are they which love thee, for they shall
rejoice in thy peace: blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy scourges; for they shall
rejoice for thee, when they have seen all thy glory, and shall be
glad for
ever.
And all her streets shall say,
Alleluia; and they shall praise him, saying, Blessed be God, which hath
extolled it for
ever.
And that again God will have mercy on them, and bring them again into the land, where they shall build a temple, but not like to the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the house of God shall be built in it for ever with a glorious building, as the prophets have spoken thereof.
And he made the gates thereof,
even gates that were raised to the height of seventy cubits, and the breadth of them was forty cubits, for the going forth of his mighty armies, and for the setting in
array of his
footmen:
Even in those days king Nabuchodonosor made war with king Arphaxad in the great plain, which is the plain in the borders of Ragau.
And
plenty of
victual for
every man of the army, and very much gold and silver out of the king’s house.
Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy servants; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee.
Then
every man of Israel
cried to God with great
fervency, and with great
vehemency did they humble their souls:
Both they, and their wives and their children, and their cattle, and
every stranger and
hireling, and their servants bought with money, put
sackcloth upon their loins.
Thus
every man and women, and the little children, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell before the temple, and cast ashes upon their heads, and spread out their
sackcloth before the face of the Lord: also they put
sackcloth about the altar,
And when the men of the city saw them, they took up their weapons, and went out of the city to the top of the hill: and
every man that used a
sling kept them from coming up by casting of stones against them.
And they camped in the valley near unto Bethulia, by the fountain, and they spread themselves in breadth over Dothaim
even to Belmaim, and in length from Bethulia unto Cynamon, which is over against
Esdraelon.
Now the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them, were greatly troubled, and said
every one to his neighbour, Now will these men
lick up the face of the earth; for neither the high mountains, nor the valleys, nor the hills, are able to bear their weight.
Then
every man took up his weapons of war, and when they had
kindled fires upon their towers, they remained and watched all that night.
And he
dispersed the people,
every one to their own charge; and they went unto the walls and towers of their city, and sent the women and children into their houses: and they were very low brought in the city.
And she fasted all the days of her
widowhood, save the
eves of the sabbaths, and the sabbaths, and the
eves of the new moons, and the new moons and the feasts and solemn days of the house of Israel.
For if he will not help us within these five days, he hath power to defend us when he will, even every day, or to destroy us before our enemies.
Moreover let us give
thanks to the Lord our God, which trieth us,
even as he did our fathers.
Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the
sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that
evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord
Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,
I pray thee, I pray thee, O God of my father, and God of the inheritance of Israel, Lord of the heavens and earth,
Creator of the waters, king of
every creature, hear thou my prayer:
And make every nation and tribe to acknowledge that thou art the God of all power and might, and that there is none other that protecteth the people of Israel but thou.
And they wondered at her beauty, and
admired the children of Israel because of her, and
every one said to his neighbour, Who would
despise this people, that have among them such women? surely it is not good that one man of them be left who being let go might
deceive the whole earth.
As Nabuchodonosor king of all the earth liveth, and as his power liveth, who hath sent thee for the upholding of every living thing: for not only men shall serve him by thee, but also the beasts of the field, and the cattle, and the fowls of the air, shall live by thy power under Nabuchodonosor and all his house.
And now, that my lord be not defeated and
frustrate of his purpose,
even death is now fallen upon them, and their sin hath overtaken them,
wherewith they will
provoke their God to anger
whensoever they shall do that which is not fit to be done:
So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did eat her meat at evening.
Now when the
evening was come, his servants made
haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their beds: for they were all
weary, because the feast had been long.
Then said
Judith afar off, to the
watchmen at the gate, Open, open now the gate: God,
even our God, is with us, to
shew his power yet in Jerusalem, and his forces against the enemy, as he hath
even done this day.
For this thy confidence shall not depart from the heart of men, which remember the power of God for ever.
And so soon as the morning shall appear, and the sun shall come forth upon the earth, take ye
every one his weapons, and go forth
every valiant man out of the city, and set ye a captain over them, as though ye would go down into the field toward the watch of the Assyrians; but go not down.
And as soon as the morning arose, they
hanged the head of Holofernes upon the wall, and
every man took his weapons, and they went forth by bands unto the straits of the mountain.
But when the Assyrians saw them, they sent to their leaders, which came to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers.
And fear and
trembling fell upon them, so that there was no man that
durst abide in the sight of his neighbour, but
rushing out all together, they fled into
every way of the plain, and of the hill country.
They also that had camped in the mountains round about Bethulia fled away. Then the children of Israel,
every one that was a
warrior among them,
rushed out upon them.
Thou hast done all these things by thine hand: thou hast done much good to Israel, and God is pleased
therewith: blessed be thou of the
Almighty Lord for
evermore. And all the people said, So be it.
Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! the Lord
Almighty will take
vengeance of them in the day of judgment, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and
weep for
ever.
After this time
every one returned to his own inheritance, and
Judith went to Bethulia, and remained in her own possession, and was in her time honourable in all the country.
Therefore those days shall be unto them in the month
Adar, the
fourteenth and
fifteenth day of the same month, with an assembly, and joy, and with
gladness before God, according to the generations for
ever among his people.
Then they
cried unto God, and upon their cry, as it were from a little fountain, was made a great flood,
even much water.