7,497 verses contain “not” (in the KJV: 6,841, in the BSB: 5,241) — showing 2,801–2,900
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I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
Never take Your word of truth from my mouth, for I hope in Your judgments.
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
I will speak of Your testimonies before kings, and I will not be ashamed.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,
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.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,
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; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
Hear 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.
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.
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.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.
Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.