7,497 verses contain “not” (in the KJV: 6,841, in the BSB: 5,241) — showing 2,701–2,800
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Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
Do not lift up your horn against heaven or speak with an outstretched neck.’”
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
They did not remember His power— the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.
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.
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
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?
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
He who admonishes the nations, does He not discipline? He who teaches man, does He lack knowledge?
do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
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.
I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
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.
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
He sent darkness, and it became dark— yet they defied His words.
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.
And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.
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.
They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,
Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
O God of my praise, be not silent.
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes.
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.