654 verses contain “tri” (in the KJV: 494, in the BSB: 485) — showing 601–654
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For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these days neither
tribe, nor family, nor people, nor city among us, which worship gods made with hands, as hath been
aforetime.
Moreover let us give
thanks to the Lord our God, which
trieth us, even as he did our fathers.
Remember what things he did to Abraham, and how he
tried Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in
Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of
Laban his mother’s brother.
For he hath not
tried us in the fire, as he did them, for the examination of their hearts, neither hath he taken
vengeance on us: but the Lord
doth scourge them that come near unto him, to
admonish them.
And make every nation and tribe to acknowledge that thou art the God of all power and might, and that there is none other that protecteth the people of Israel but thou.
But when the Assyrians saw them, they sent to their leaders, which came to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers.
In the second year of the reign of Artexerxes the great, in the first day of the month
Nisan, Mardocheus the son of Jairus, the son of Semei, the son of Cisai, of the
tribe of Benjamin, had a dream;
From my youth up I have heard in the
tribe of my family that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast performed
whatsoever thou
didst promise them.
For
froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is
tried, reproveth the unwise.
As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.
Or, if they die quickly, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial.
When it is present, men take example at it; and when it is gone, they desire it: it weareth a crown, and
triumpheth for ever, having
gotten the victory,
striving for
undefiled rewards.
For children
begotten of unlawful beds are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their
trial.
But a
sore trial shall come upon the mighty.
For gold is
tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of
adversity.
She will lie upon him as a mighty stone of
trial; and he will cast her from him
ere it be long.
Who can declare the works of his justice? or who can
endure them? for his covenant is
afar off, and the
trial of all things is in the end.
In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.
The furnace proveth the
potter’s vessels; so the
trial of man is in his reasoning.
Praise no man before thou hearest him speak; for this is the trial of men.
Who hath been
tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might
offend, and hath not
offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?
Gather all the
tribes of Jacob together, and
inherit thou them, as from the beginning.
He shall serve among great men, and appear before princes: he will travel through strange countries; for he hath tried the good and the evil among men.
With Isaac did he establish likewise for Abraham his father’s sake the blessing of all men, and the covenant, And made it rest upon the head of Jacob. He acknowledged him in his blessing, and gave him an
heritage, and divided his portions; among the twelve
tribes did he part them.
He
exalted Aaron, an holy man like unto him, even his brother, of the
tribe of Levi.
With twisted scarlet, the work of the
cunning workman, with precious stones
graven like seals, and set in gold, the work of the jeweller, with a writing engraved for a
memorial, after the number of the
tribes of Israel.
According to the covenant made with David son of
Jesse, of the
tribe of Juda, that the inheritance of the king should be to his
posterity alone: so the inheritance of Aaron should also be unto his seed.
Who
wast ordained for reproofs in their times, to
pacify the wrath of the Lord’s judgment, before it
brake forth into
fury, and to turn the heart of the father unto the son, and to restore the
tribes of Jacob.
And he gathered a mighty strong host and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him.
And after two years fully
expired the king sent his chief
collector of
tribute unto the cities of Juda, who came unto Jerusalem with a great multitude,
So they recovered the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of kings, neither suffered they the
sinner to
triumph.
Nevertheless, when he saw that the money of his treasures failed and that the
tributes in the country were small, because of the
dissension and plague, which he had brought upon the land in taking away the laws which had been of old time;
Wherefore, being greatly
perplexed in his mind, he determined to go into Persia, there to take the
tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.
And I thought with myself, Into what
tribulation am I come, and how great a flood of misery is it, wherein now I am! for I was
bountiful and beloved in my power.
And that they were men of great valour. It was told him also of their wars and noble acts which they had done among the
Galatians, and how they had conquered them, and brought them under
tribute;
And that by their policy and
patience they had conquered all the place, though it were very far from them; and the kings also that came against them from the
uttermost part of the earth, till they had
discomfited them, and given them a great overthrow, so that the rest did give them
tribute every year:
And how they took him alive, and covenanted that he and such as reigned after him should pay a great tribute, and give hostages, and that which was agreed upon,
And now do I free you, and for your sake I release all the Jews, from tributes, and from the customs of salt, and from crown taxes,
Let Jerusalem also be holy and free, with the borders thereof, both from tenths and tributes.
Moreover I freely set at liberty every one of the Jews, that were carried
captives out of the land of
Judea into any part of my kingdom, and I will that all my officers
remit the
tributes even of their cattle.
Then
Jonathan desired the king, that he would make
Judea free from
tribute, as also the three governments, with the country of Samaria; and he promised him three hundred talents.
As for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we
forgive it, and the crown tax also, which ye owe us: and if there were any other
tribute paid in Jerusalem, it shall no more be paid.
Now therefore deliver the cities which ye have taken, and the
tributes of the places,
whereof ye have
gotten dominion without the borders of
Judea:
Or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver; and for the
harm that ye have done, and the
tributes of the cities, other five hundred talents: if not, we will come and fight against you
He sent others also to Gazera to kill John: and unto the tribunes he sent letters to come unto him, that he might give them silver, and gold, and rewards.
Then the king, inclosing the place, made it holy, after he had tried the matter.
But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, who was made governor of the temple, fell out with the high priest about disorder in the city.
So Nicanor undertook to make so much money of the
captive Jews, as should
defray the
tribute of two thousand talents, which the king was to pay to the Romans.
Thus he, that took upon him to make good to the Romans their
tribute by means of
captives in Jerusalem, told abroad, that the Jews had God to fight for them, and therefore they could not be
hurt, because they followed the laws that he gave them.
After three years was
Judas informed, that
Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having entered by the
haven of
Tripolis with a great power and navy,
And now, when as all looked what should be the
trial, and the enemies were already come near, and the army was set in
array, and the beasts conveniently placed, and the
horsemen set in wings,