12,750 verses contain “for” (in the KJV: 10,422, in the BSB: 7,841) — showing 5,101–5,200
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He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
He who
affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who
formed the eye, can He not see?
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of
adversity, until the pit be
digged for the wicked.
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is
dug for the wicked.
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he
forsake his inheritance.
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness;
yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Come, let us sing
for joy to the LORD; let us
shout to the Rock of our salvation!
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care.
Today, if you hear His voice,
Forty years long was I
grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do
err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
For forty years I was
angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go
astray, and they have not known My ways.”
Sing unto the LORD,
bless his name;
shew forth his salvation from day to day.
Sing to the LORD,
bless His name;
proclaim His salvation day after day.
For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood
rejoiceLet the fields
exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the
forest will sing
for joy
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.
For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art
exalted far above all gods.
For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are
exalted far above all gods.
Light is sown
for the righteous, and
gladness for the upright in heart.
Light shines on the righteous,
gladness on the upright in heart.
O sing unto the LORD a new song;
for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath
gotten him the victory.
Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and
rejoice, and sing praise.
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!
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.
Let the floods
clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Let the rivers
clap their hands, let the mountains sing together
for joy
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.
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
Let them praise Your great and
awesome name— He is holy!
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his
footstool;
for he is holy.
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou
wast a God that
forgavest them, though thou tookest
vengeance of their inventions.
O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a
forgiving God to them, yet an
avenger of their misdeeds.
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill;
for the LORD our God is holy.
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain,
for the LORD our God is holy.
For the LORD is good; his mercy is
everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures
forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
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.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an
hearth.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with
weeping,
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Because of thine
indignation and thy wrath:
for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned
forever; Your
renown endures to all generations.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon
Zion:
for the time to favour her,
yea, the set time, is come.
You will rise up and have
compassion on
Zion,
for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
For Your servants delight in her stones and take
pity on her dust.
When the LORD shall build up
Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
For the LORD will rebuild
Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
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
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and
forget not all his benefits:
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not
forget all His kind deeds—
Who
forgiveth all thine
iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
He who
forgives all your
iniquities and heals all your diseases,
The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment
for all that are
oppressed.
The LORD executes righteousness and justice
for all the
oppressed.
He will not always
chide: neither will he keep his anger
for ever.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
the mountains rose and the valleys
sank to the place You assigned
for them—
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
He causeth the grass to grow
for the cattle, and
herb for the service of man: that he may bring
forth food out of the earth;
He makes the grass grow
for the
livestock and provides crops
for man to
cultivate, bringing
forth food from the earth:
Where the birds make their nests: as
for the
stork, the
fir trees are her house.
where the birds build their nests; the
stork makes her home in the
cypresses.
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the
forest do
creep forth.
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the
forest prowl.
The young lions
roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
The young lions
roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
There go the ships: there is that
leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
The glory of the LORD shall
endure for ever: the LORD shall
rejoice in his works.
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
He remembers His covenant
forever, the word He ordained
for a thousand generations—
And confirmed the same unto Jacob
for a law, and to Israel
for an
everlasting covenant:
He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an
everlasting covenant:
He suffered no man to do them wrong:
yea, he reproved kings
for their sakes;
Moreover he called
for a famine upon the land: he
brake the whole staff of bread.
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
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.
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
Their land
teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
He gave them
hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
He gave them
hail for rain, with
lightning throughout their land.
He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes
stumbled.
Egypt was
glad when they departed:
for the fear of them fell upon them.
Egypt was
glad when they departed,
for the
dread of Israel had fallen on them.
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.
And he brought
forth his people with joy, and his chosen with
gladness:
He brought
forth His people with
rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.
Praise ye the LORD. O give
thanks unto the LORD;
for he is good:
for his mercy endureth
for ever.
Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can
shew forth all his praise?
Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully
proclaim His praise?
Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.
They soon
forgat his works; they waited not
for his counsel:
Yet they soon
forgot His works and failed to wait
for His counsel.
Thus they changed their glory into the
similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
They
forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
They
forgot God their
Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
And that was counted unto him
for righteousness unto all generations
for evermore.
It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
They angered him also at the waters of
strife, so that it went ill with Moses
for their sakes:
At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.
For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke
rashly with his lips.
Many times did he deliver them; but they
provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low
for their iniquity.
Many times He
rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and
sank down in their iniquity.
And he remembered
for them his covenant, and
repented according to the multitude of his
mercies.
And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
O give
thanks unto the LORD,
for he is good:
for his mercy endureth
for ever.
Give
thanks to the LORD,
for He is good; His loving devotion endures
forever.
And he led them
forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of
habitation.
He led them on a straight path to reach a city where they could live.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Let them give
thanks to the LORD
for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the
hungry soul with goodness.
For He satisfies the
thirsty and fills the
hungry with good things.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Let them give
thanks to the LORD
for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in
sunder.
For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
He sent his word, and
healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
He sent
forth His word and
healed them; He
rescued them from the Pit.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Let them give
thanks to the LORD
for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the
stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
For He spoke and raised a
tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Let them give
thanks to the LORD
for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
And there he maketh the
hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city
for habitation;
He causes the
hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into
Edom?
Who will bring me to the
fortified city? Who will lead me to
Edom?
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and
wilt not thou, O God, go
forth with our hosts?
Have You not rejected us, O God? Will You no longer march out, O God, with our armies?
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
Through God we shall do
valiantly:
for he it is that shall
tread down our enemies.
With God we will perform with
valor, and He will
trample our enemies.