2,040 verses contain “give” (in the KJV: 1,700, in the BSB: 1,209) — showing 901–1,000
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Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which You have given me hope.
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?
What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.
Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young,
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint.
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her at the gates.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
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.
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”