12,750 verses contain “for” (in the KJV: 10,422, in the BSB: 7,841) — showing 4,601–4,700
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The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
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.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
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.
Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
You, O LORD, will keep us; You will forever guard us from this generation.
I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
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.
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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.
For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
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.
Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered 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.
For the kingdom is the LORD’S: and he is the governor among the nations.
For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.
A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Guard my soul and deliver me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in You.
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.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.