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Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I
devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go
haughtily: for this time is evil.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am
planning against this nation a
disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of
calamity.
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.
Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without
divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the
daylight will turn black over them.
Therefore shall
Zion for your sake be
plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be
plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a
heap of
rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the
remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
Therefore also will I make thee sick in
smiting thee, in making thee
desolate because of thy sins.
Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of
Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a
desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an
hissing:
therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of
Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel.
Therefore I will make you a
desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the
scorn of the nations.”
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Therefore the law is
slacked, and judgment
doth never go forth: for the wicked
doth compass about the righteous;
therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Therefore the law is
paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked
hem in the righteous, so that justice is
perverted.
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their
drag:
therefore they
rejoice and are
glad.
The
foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his
dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices
gladly.
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their
drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat
plenteous.
Therefore he sacrifices to his
dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is
sumptuous and his food is rich.
Shall they
therefore empty their net, and not
spare continually to
slay the nations?
Will he,
therefore, empty his net and continue to
slay nations without mercy?
Therefore their goods shall become a
booty, and their houses a
desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
Their wealth will be
plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as
Sodom, and the children of
Ammon as
Gomorrah, even the breeding of
nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual
desolation: the residue of my people shall
spoil them, and the
remnant of my people shall possess them.
Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like
Sodom and the
Ammonites like
Gomorrah— a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The
remnant of My people will
plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may
assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine
indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be
devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to
testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to
assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My
indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from
dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Therefore, on account of you the heavens have
withheld their
dew and the earth has
withheld its crops.
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with
mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
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.
Therefore it is come to pass, that as he
cried, and they would not hear; so they
cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
And just as I had called and they would not
listen, so when they called I would not
listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and
gladness, and
cheerful feasts;
therefore love the truth and peace.
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and
gladness,
cheerful feasts for the house of Judah.
Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain:
therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no
shepherd.
For idols speak
deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people
wander like sheep,
oppressed for lack of a
shepherd.
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
“So I in turn have made you
despised and
humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown
partiality in matters of the law.”
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed.
Therefore take
heed to your spirit, and let none deal
treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard
yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts:
therefore take
heed to your spirit, that ye deal not
treacherously.
“For I
hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard
yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
And now also the
axe is laid unto the root of the trees:
therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is
hewn down, and cast into the fire.
The
axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but
whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
So then,
whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but
whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Therefore when thou doest thine
alms, do not sound a
trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men.
Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
So when you give to the
needy, do not sound a
trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
After this manner
therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than
raiment?
Therefore I tell you, do not
worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or,
Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Therefore do not
worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
Take
therefore no thought for the
morrow: for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Therefore all things
whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will
liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of
wolves: be ye
therefore wise as serpents, and
harmless as doves.
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among
wolves;
therefore be as
shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Fear them not
therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and
hid, that shall not be known.
So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also
confess him before My Father in heaven.
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.”
And if I by
Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out?
therefore they shall be your judges.
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
Hear ye
therefore the parable of the
sower.
Consider, then, the parable of the
sower:
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
Then said he unto them,
Therefore every
scribe which is
instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his
treasure things new and old.
Then He told them, “For this reason, every
scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his
storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and
therefore mighty works do
shew forth themselves in him.
and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why
miraculous powers are at work in him.”
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Therefore,
whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven
likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
The servant
therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have
patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have
patience with me,’ he
begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
Wherefore they are no more
twain, but one flesh. What
therefore God hath joined together, let not man put
asunder.
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have
forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have
therefore?
“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
Therefore, when the owner of the
vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”
Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Go ye
therefore into the
highways, and as many as ye shall find,
bid to the marriage.
Go
therefore to the crossroads and
invite to the
banquet as many as you can find.’
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”
All
therefore whatsoever they
bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they
preach.
So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
When ye
therefore shall see the
abomination of
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (
whoso readeth, let him understand:)
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the
abomination of
desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
Watch
therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord
doth come.
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
Thou oughtest
therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with
usury.
Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.
Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.
Therefore when they were gathered together,
Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
So when the crowd had assembled,
Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”
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.”
Go ye
therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may
preach there also: for
therefore came I forth.
But Jesus answered, “Let us go on to the
neighboring towns so I can
preach there as well, for that is why I have come.”
Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and
therefore mighty works do
shew forth themselves in him.
Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why
miraculous powers are at work in him.”
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
So Herodias held a
grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
Whosoever therefore shall be
ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be
ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
If
anyone is
ashamed of Me and My words in this
adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be
ashamed of him when He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
What
therefore God hath joined together, let not man put
asunder.
Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Therefore I say unto you, What things
soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall havethem.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
What shall
therefore the lord of the
vineyard do? he will come and destroy the
husbandmen, and will give the
vineyard unto others.
What then will the owner of the
vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants, and will give the
vineyard to others.
In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not
therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye
therefore do greatly
err.
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
David
therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him
gladly.
David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?” And the large crowd
listened to Him with delight.
Watch ye
therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at
midnight, or at the
cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at
midnight, when the
rooster crows, or in the morning.
It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent
Theophilus,
Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent
Theophilus,
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.
Bring forth
therefore fruits worthy of
repentance, and begin not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with
repentance. And do not begin to say to
yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
And now also the
axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree
therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is
hewn down, and cast into the fire.
The
axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
If thou
therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”
And he said unto them, I must
preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for
therefore am I sent.
But Jesus told them, “I must
preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”
And when they had nothing to pay, he
frankly forgave them both. Tell me
therefore, which of them will love him most?
When they were unable to repay him, he
forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”