285 verses contain “lest” (in the KJV: 278, in the BSB: 32) — showing 101–200
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Lest he
tear my soul like a lion,
rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
or they will
shred my soul like a lion and
tear me to pieces with no one to
rescue me.
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God:
lighten mine eyes,
lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Consider me and
respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes,
lest I sleep in death,
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me
rejoice when I am moved.
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes
rejoice when I fall.
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.
Be ye not as the horse, or as the
mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with
bit and
bridle,
lest they come near unto thee.
Do not be like the horse or
mule, which have no understanding; they must be
controlled with
bit and
bridle to make them come to you.
For I said, Hear me,
lest otherwise they should
rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they
magnify themselves against me.
For I said, “Let them not
gloat over me— those who
taunt me when my foot slips.”
Now consider this, ye that
forget God,
lest I
tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Now consider this, you who
forget God,
lest I
tear you to pieces, with no one to
rescue you:
Slay them not,
lest my people
forget:
scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Do not kill them, or my people will
forget.
Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
They shall bear thee up in their hands,
lest thou
dash thy foot against a stone.
They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to
divert His wrath from destroying them.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
For the
scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land
allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked
device;
lest they
exalt themselves.
Selah.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans,
lest they be
exalted.
SelahHear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Lest thou shouldest
ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
lest you
concede your
vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors
enrich the house of a foreigner.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have
plenty of food.
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a
snare to thy soul.
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
or the LORD will see and
disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
Go not forth
hastily to
strive,
lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
do not bring
hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your
neighbor puts you to shame?
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine
infamy turn not away.
lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your
infamy never go away.
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee,
lest thou be filled
therewith, and
vomit it.
If you find honey, eat just what you need,
lest you have too much and
vomit it up.
Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house;
lest he be
weary of thee, and so
hate thee.
Answer not a
fool according to his folly,
lest thou also be like unto him.
Do not answer a
fool according to his folly, or you
yourself will be like him.
Answer a
fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own
conceit.
Answer a
fool according to his folly,
lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Add thou not unto his words,
lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a
liar.
Do not add to His words,
lest He
rebuke you and prove you a
liar.
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or
lest I be poor, and
steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and
steal,
profaning the name of my God.
Accuse not a servant unto his master,
lest he
curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
Do not
slander a servant to his master, or he will
curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
lest they drink and
forget what is decreed, depriving all the
oppressed of justice.
Also take no
heed unto all words that are spoken;
lest thou hear thy servant
curse thee:
Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant
cursing you.
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be
healed.
Make the hearts of this people calloused;
deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be
healed.”
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment:
lest any
hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can
disturb it;
Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
So now, do not
mock, or your
shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Do not let
Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee:
lest thou shouldest say, Mine
idol hath done them, and my
graven image, and my
molten image, hath commanded them.
Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I
announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, ‘My
idol has done this; my carved image and
molten god has ordained it.’
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before
today. So you cannot claim, ‘I already knew them!’
Thou therefore
gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces,
lest I
confound thee before them.
Get
yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be
intimidated by them, or I will
terrify you before them.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem:
lest my
fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to
extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
Be thou
instructed, O Jerusalem,
lest my soul depart from thee;
lest I make thee
desolate, a land not inhabited.
Be
forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a
desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
O house of David, thus saith the LORD;
Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is
spoiled out of the hand of the
oppressor,
lest my
fury go out like fire, and burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘
Administer justice every morning, and
rescue the
victim of
robbery from the hand of his
oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to
extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my
supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of
Jonathan the
scribe,
lest I die there.
But now please
listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of
Jonathan the
scribe, or I will die there.”
And
Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans,
lest they deliver me into their hand, and they
mock me.
But King
Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to
abuse me.”
And
lest your heart
faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
Do not let your heart grow
faint, and do not be afraid when the
rumor is heard in the land; for a
rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and
slay her with
thirst.
Otherwise, I will strip her naked and
expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a
parched land, and I will let her die of
thirst.
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live;
lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and
devour it, and there be none to
quench it in
Bethel.
Seek the LORD and live, or He will
sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will
devour everything, with no one at
Bethel to
extinguish it.
Yea, they made their hearts as an
adamant stone,
lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
They made their hearts like flint and would not
listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers,
lest I come and
smite the earth with a
curse.
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a
curse.”
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast
thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou
dash thy foot against a stone.
“If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw
Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
Agree with thine
adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him;
lest at any time the
adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Reconcile quickly with your
adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before
swine,
lest they
trample them under their feet, and turn again and
rend you.
Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before
swine. If you do, they may
trample them under their feet, and then turn and
tear you to pieces.
For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed;
lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should
heal them.
For this people’s heart has grown
callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would
heal them.’
But he said,
Nay;
lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might
uproot the wheat with them.
Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have
compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting,
lest they
faint in the way.
Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have
compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away
hungry, or they may
faint along the way.”
Notwithstanding,
lest we should
offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
“But so that we may not
offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-
drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
But the wise answered, saying, Not so;
lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and
buy for
yourselves.
‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and
buy some for
yourselves.’
But they said, Not on the feast day,
lest there be an
uproar among the people.
“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a
riot among the people.”
Command therefore that the
sepulchre be made sure until the third day,
lest his disciples come by night, and
steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and
steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last
deception would be worse than the first.”
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude,
lest they should
throng him.
Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not
crush Him.
That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand;
lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be
forgiven them.
so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be
forgiven.’”
And Jesus answering them began to say, Take
heed lest any man
deceive you:
Jesus began by telling them, “See to it that no one deceives you.
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.
But they said, Not on the feast day,
lest there be an
uproar of the people.
“But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a
riot among the people.”
Watch ye and pray,
lest ye enter into
temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
Watch and pray so that you will not enter into
temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
And in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou
dash thy foot against a stone.
and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
When thou goest with thine
adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give
diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him;
lest he
hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Make every effort to
reconcile with your
adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may
drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
When thou art
bidden of any man to a
wedding, sit not down in the highest room;
lest a more honourable man than thou be
bidden of him;
“When you are invited to a
wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.
Then said he also to him that
bade him, When thou makest a
dinner or a
supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy
kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours;
lest they also
bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a
dinner or a
banquet, do not
invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may
invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to
mock him,
Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work,
everyone who sees it will
ridicule him,
For I have five brethren; that he may
testify unto them,
lest they also come into this place of
torment.
for I have five brothers. Let him
warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of
torment.’
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will
avenge her,
lest by her continual coming she
weary me.
yet because this widow keeps
pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray,
lest ye enter into
temptation.
“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into
temptation.”
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop
sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light,
lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not
whither he goeth.
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the
Pharisees they did not
confess him,
lest they should be put out of the
synagogue:
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the
Pharisees they did not
confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the
synagogue.
Then led they Jesus from
Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall,
lest they should be
defiled; but that they might eat the
passover.
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it;
lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find
yourselves fighting against God.”
Beware therefore,
lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:
And when there arose a great
dissension, the chief captain, fearing
lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would
tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the
barracks.
Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing
lest they should fall into the quicksands,
strake sail, and so were driven.
After
hoisting it up, the
crew used ropes to
undergird the ship. And fearing that they would run
aground on the sandbars of
Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor and were driven along.
Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Fearing that we would run
aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for
daybreak.
And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners,
lest any of them should
swim out, and escape.
The soldiers
planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could
swim to freedom.
For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed;
lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should
heal them.
For this people’s heart has grown
callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would
heal them.’
For if God
spared not the natural branches, take
heed lest he also
spare not thee.
For if God did not
spare the natural branches, He will certainly not
spare you either.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this
mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the
fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
I do not want you to be ignorant of this
mystery, brothers, so that you will not be
conceited: A
hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Yea, so have I
strived to
preach the gospel, not where Christ was named,
lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
In this way I have
aspired to
preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
Lest any should say that I had
baptized in mine own name.
so no one can say that you were
baptized into my name.
For Christ sent me not to
baptize, but to
preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words,
lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
For Christ did not send me to
baptize, but to
preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom,
lest the cross of Christ be
emptied of its power.
But take
heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a
stumbling block to the weak.
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to
offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth,
lest I make my brother to
offend.
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to
stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to
stumble.
If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection:
lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a
castaway.
No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall.
So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
And I wrote this same unto you,
lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to
rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be
saddened by those who ought to make me
rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
So instead, you ought to
forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be
overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
