441 verses contain “much” (in the KJV: 398, in the BSB: 143) — showing 101–200
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Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s conduct will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.
How
much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are
crushed before the
moth?
how
much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be
crushed like a
moth!
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.
how
much less man, who is
vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
how
much less man, who is but a
maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
If I
rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had
gotten much;
if I have
rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so
much,
How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yea, than
much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the
honeycomb.
They are more precious than gold, than
much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the
comb.
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
No king is saved by his vast army; no
warrior is delivered by his great strength.
I will give thee
thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among
much people.
Then I will give You
thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
I am severely
afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have
endured much contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the
scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
With her
much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the
flattering of her lips she forced him.
Behold, the righteous shall be
recompensed in the earth:
much more the wicked and the
sinner.
If the righteous receive their due on earth, how
much more the ungodly and the
sinner!
Much food is in the
tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Abundant food is in the
fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
Where no oxen are, the
crib is clean: but
much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Where there are no oxen, the
manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
In the house of the righteous is
much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
The house of the righteous has great
treasure, but the income of the wicked is trouble.
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how
much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Sheol and
Abaddon lie open before the LORD— how
much more the hearts of men!
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
Excellent speech becometh not a
fool:
much less do lying lips a prince.
Eloquent words are unfit for a
fool; how
much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
All the brethren of the poor do
hate him: how
much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
All the brothers of a poor man
hate him— how
much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with
pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
Delight is not seemly for a
fool;
much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Luxury is unseemly for a
fool— how
much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
A
slothful man hideth his hand in his
bosom, and will not so
much as bring it to his mouth again.
The slacker buries his hand in the
dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
The sacrifice of the wicked is
abomination: how
much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
The sacrifice of the wicked is
detestable— how
much more so when brought with ill intent!
Be not among winebibbers; among
riotous eaters of flesh:
Do not join those who drink too
much wine or
gorge themselves on meat.
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.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
A man who remains stiff-necked after
much reproof will suddenly be
shattered beyond recovery.
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.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.
For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
Be not righteous over
much; neither make
thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy
thyself?
Do not be overly righteous, and do not make
yourself too wise. Why should you destroy
yourself?
Be not over
much wicked, neither be thou
foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a
fool. Why should you die before your time?
Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one
sinner destroyeth
much good.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one
sinner destroys
much good.
By
much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Through
laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.
And further, by these, my son, be
admonished: of making many books there is no end; and
much study is a
weariness of the flesh.
And by these, my son, be further
warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and
much study wearies the body.
How fair is thy love, my sister, my
spouse! how
much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
How delightful is your love, my sister, my
bride! Your love is
much better than wine, and the
fragrance of your
perfume than all spices.
For
Tophet is ordained of old;
yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and
much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of
brimstone,
doth kindle it.
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral
pyre is deep and wide, with
plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a
torrent of burning sulfur, sets it
ablaze.
Come ye, say they, I will
fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to
morrow shall be as this day, and
much more abundant.
“Come, let me get the wine, let us
imbibe the strong drink, and
tomorrow will be like
today, only far better!”
For though thou wash thee with
nitre, and take thee
much sope, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
Although you wash with
lye and use an abundance of soap, the
stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
Why gaddest thou about so
much to change thy way? thou also shalt be
ashamed of Egypt, as thou
wast ashamed of Assyria.
How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
Even all the Jews returned out of all places
whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto
Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very
much.
they all returned from all the places to which they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at
Mizpah. And they gathered an abundance of wine grapes and summer fruit.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; How
much more when I send my four
sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the
noisome beast, and the
pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How
much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four
dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how
much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath
devoured it, and it is burned?
Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How
much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and
charred it!
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and
much people. Shall he
prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he
flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall
mock thee, which art infamous and
much vexed.
Those near and far will
mock you, O infamous city, full of
turmoil.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be
laughed to
scorn and had in
derision; it containeth
much.
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring
scorn and
derision, for it holds so
much.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with
chariots, and with
horsemen, and companies, and
much people.
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and
chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they
shew much love, but their heart goeth after their
covetousness.
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue
dishonest gain.
And the meat offering shall be an
ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an
hin of oil to an
ephah.
The grain offering with the ram shall be one
ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as
much as he is able, along with a
hin of oil per
ephah.
And he shall prepare a meat offering, an
ephah for a
bullock, and an
ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an
hin of oil to an
ephah.
He is to provide a grain offering of an
ephah with the bull, an
ephah with the ram, and as
much as he is able with the lambs, along with a
hin of oil per
ephah.
And in the feasts and in the
solemnities the meat offering shall be an
ephah to a
bullock, and
ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an
hin of oil to an
ephah.
At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an
ephah with a bull, an
ephah with a ram, and as
much as one is able to give with the lambs, along with a
hin of oil per
ephah.
The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.
Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof
much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their
habitation:
whose foliage was beautiful and whose fruit was abundant, providing food for all, under which the beasts of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the air nested—
And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise,
devour much flesh.
Suddenly another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, ‘Get up and
gorge yourself on flesh!’
Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
Thus ends the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face turned pale. But I kept the matter to myself.”
For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Nations
writhe in
horror before them; every face turns pale.
And should not I
spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than
sixscore thousand persons that cannot
discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also
much cattle?
So should I not care about the great city of
Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees
smite together, and
much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Ye have sown
much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye
clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a
bag with holes.
You have planted
much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You
earn wages to put into a
bag pierced through.”
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
You expected
much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I
blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is
busy with his own house.
Your words have been
stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so
much against thee?
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
And when you pray, do not
babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
Behold the fowls of the air: for they
sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not
much better than they?
Look at the birds of the air: They do not
sow or
reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not
much more valuable than they?
Wherefore, if God so
clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to
morrow is cast into the
oven, shall he not
much more
clothe you, O ye of little faith?
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here
today and
tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not
much more
clothe you, O you of little faith?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house
Beelzebub, how
much more shall they call them of his household?
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Some fell upon
stony places, where they had not
much earth: and
forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have
much soil. It
sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
The disciples replied, “Where in this
desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
Woe to you,
scribes and
Pharisees, you hypocrites! You
traverse land and sea to
win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as
much a son of
hell as you are.
For this
ointment might have been sold for
much, and given to the poor.
This
perfume could have been sold at a high price, and the money given to the poor.”
But Jesus gave no answer, not even to a single charge,
much to the governor’s
amazement.
But he went out, and began to
publish it
much, and to
blaze abroad the matter,
insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
But the man went out and openly began to
proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
And
straightway many were gathered together,
insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so
much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.
And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
And some fell on
stony ground, where it had not
much earth; and immediately it
sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have
much soil. It
sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
And he
besought him
much that he would not send them away out of the country.
And he
begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had
compassion on thee.
But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”
And he departed, and began to
publish in
Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did
marvel.
And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side,
much people gathered unto him: and he was
nigh unto the sea.
When Jesus had again crossed by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him beside the sea.
And Jesus went with him; and
much people followed him, and
thronged him.
So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around Him.
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
She had borne
much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no
avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.
And he said unto them, Come ye
yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so
much as to eat.
And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
And Jesus, when he came out, saw
much people, and was moved with
compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a
shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
When Jesus
stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had
compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a
shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
Jesus ordered them not to tell
anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
But when Jesus saw it, he was
much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
But when Jesus saw this, He was
indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.
When the ten heard about this, they became
indignant with James and John.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and
beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in
much.
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.