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Keywords: ANTEDILUVIANS,ARK,ART,CARPENTRY,FAITH,GOPHER WOOD,NOAH,PITCH,SLIME
Description: Genesis 6:14
NET Translation: Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and out.
DARBY Translation: Make thyself an ark of gopher wood: [with] cells shalt thou make the ark; and pitch it inside and outside with pitch.
KJV Translation: Make thee an ark of gopher wood; roomsNESTs." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K60shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Keywords: ALLIANCES,DIPLOMACY,OATH
Description: Genesis 21:23
NET Translation: Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”
DARBY Translation: And now swear to me here by God that thou wilt notD176 deal deceitfully with me, nor with my son, nor with my grandson. According to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou sojourNEST.
KJV Translation: Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with meK121, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: [but] according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Keywords: ABRAHAM,BEER-SHEBA,CONTRACTS,DISHONESTY,PROPERTY,SERVANT,STRIFE,WELLS,WITNESS
Description: Genesis 21:25
NET Translation: But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
DARBY Translation: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water that Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
KJV Translation: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
Keywords: BIRTHRIGHT,DISHONESTY,ESAU,FIRSTBORN,JACOB
Description: Genesis 25:29
NET Translation: Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished.
DARBY Translation: And Jacob had cooked a dish; and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
KJV Translation: And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he [was] faint:
Verse Intro: Esau Sells His Birthright
Keywords: CONTRACTS,DISHONESTY,ISAAC,PATIENCE,WELLS
Description: Genesis 26:15
NET Translation: So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham.
DARBY Translation: And all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped them and filled them with earthD218.
KJV Translation: For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Keywords: CHILDREN,COVETOUSNESS,CRAFTINESS,DECEPTION,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,FAVORITISM,PARENTS,TEMPTATION
Description: Genesis 27:6
NET Translation: Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau,
DARBY Translation: And Rebecca spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak to Esau thy brother, saying,
KJV Translation: And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Keywords: DISHONESTY,FATHER-IN-LAW
Description: Genesis 29:21
NET Translation: Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. And I want to sleep with her.”
DARBY Translation: And Jacob said to Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
KJV Translation: And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
Keywords: CONTRACTS,CRAFTINESS,DISHONESTY,SERVANT
Description: Genesis 30:31
NET Translation: So Laban asked, “What should I give you?” “You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied, “but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:
DARBY Translation: And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me anything. If thou doest this for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:
KJV Translation: And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:
Keywords: DISHONESTY,POLYTHEISM,SHEEP,TERAPHIM,THEFT AND THIEVES,WOMEN
Description: Genesis 31:19
NET Translation: While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father.
DARBY Translation: And Laban had gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphimD266 that [belonged] to her father.
KJV Translation: And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the imagesK197that [were] her father's.
Keywords: DISHONESTY,STRIFE
Description: Genesis 31:36
NET Translation: Jacob became angry and argued with Laban. “What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban. “What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?
DARBY Translation: And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fault, what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
KJV Translation: And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Description: Genesis 33:8
NET Translation: Esau then asked, “What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied, “To find favor in your sight, my lord.”
DARBY Translation: And he said, What [meaNEST] thou by all the drove which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord.
KJV Translation: And he said, What [meaNEST] thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, [These are] to find grace in the sight of my lord.
Keywords: DISHONESTY
Description: Genesis 34:15
NET Translation: We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.
DARBY Translation: But only in this will we consent to you, if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;
KJV Translation: But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be circumcised;
Description: Genesis 38:23
NET Translation: Judah said, “Let her keep the things for herself. Otherwise we will appear to be dishoNEST. I did indeed send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”
DARBY Translation: Then Judah said, Let her take [it] for herself, lest we be put to shame. Behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
KJV Translation: And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be shamedK247: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
Description: Genesis 42:11
NET Translation: We are all the sons of one man; we are hoNEST men! Your servants are not spies.”
DARBY Translation: We are all one man's sons; we are hoNEST: thy servants are not spies.
KJV Translation: We [are] all one man's sons; we [are] true [men], thy servants are no spies.
Description: Genesis 42:19
NET Translation: If you are hoNEST men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.
DARBY Translation: If ye are hoNEST, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;
KJV Translation: If ye [be] true [men], let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
Description: Genesis 42:31
NET Translation: But we said to him, ‘We are hoNEST men; we are not spies!
DARBY Translation: And we said to him, We are hoNEST; we are not spies:
KJV Translation: And we said unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies:
Description: Genesis 42:33
NET Translation: “Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are hoNEST men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
DARBY Translation: And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are hoNEST: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [for] the hunger of your households, and go,
KJV Translation: And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone:
Description: Genesis 42:34
NET Translation: But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are hoNEST men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”
DARBY Translation: and bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are hoNEST. Your brother will I give up to you; and ye may trade in the land.
KJV Translation: And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye [are] no spies, but [that] ye [are] true [men: so] will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
Keywords: HONESTY,MONEY
Description: Genesis 43:12
NET Translation: Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks—perhaps it was an oversight.
DARBY Translation: And take other money in your hand, and the money that was returned to you in the mouth of your sacksD363, carry back in your hand: perhaps it is an oversight.
KJV Translation: And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your hand; peradventure it [was] an oversight:
Keywords: OFFERINGS,REVELATION,FRANKINCENSE
Description: Leviticus 2:1
NET Translation: “‘When a person presents a grain offering to the Lord, his offering must consist of choice wheat flour, and he must pour olive oil on it and put frankincense on it.
DARBY Translation: And when any one will present an oblationD710 to Jehovah, his offering shall be of fine flourNEST part of wheat flour. see Ex. 29.2." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D711; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense thereon.
KJV Translation: And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
Verse Intro: Laws for Grain Offerings
Keywords: CONTRACTS,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,NEIGHBOR,OATH,PERJURY,RESTITUTION,THEFT AND THIEVES,TRUSTEE
Description: Leviticus 6:2
NET Translation: “When a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,
DARBY Translation: If any one sin and act unfaithfully against Jehovah, and lie to his neighbour as to an entrusted thing or a deposit or [that in which] he hath robbed or wrongedD754 his neighbour,
KJV Translation: If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowshipK519, or in a thing taken away by violenceK520, or hath deceived his neighbour;
Keywords: DISHONESTY,EMPLOYEE,EMPLOYER,JUSTICE,LABOR,MASTER,NEIGHBOR,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS,ROBBERY,SERVANT,THEFT AND THIEVES,WAGES
Description: Leviticus 19:13
NET Translation: You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against your neighbor. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, neither rob him. The wages of the hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him]: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Keywords: BROTHER,HATRED,MALICE,REPROOF
Description: Leviticus 19:17
NET Translation: You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou shalt earNESTly rebuke thy neighbour, lest thou bear sin on account of himD866.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon himK559.
Keywords: DISHONESTY,HONESTY,INJUSTICE,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: Leviticus 19:35
NET Translation: You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.
DARBY Translation: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, and in measure of capacity:
KJV Translation: Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Keywords: BALANCES,COMMERCE,DISHONESTY,HIN,HONESTY,INJUSTICE,MEASURE,OBEDIENCE,STONES,WEIGHTS
Description: Leviticus 19:36
NET Translation: You must have hoNEST balances, hoNEST weights, an hoNEST ephah, and an hoNEST hin. I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
DARBY Translation: just balances, just weightsD868, a just ephah, and a just hin shall ye have: I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
KJV Translation: Just balances, just weightsK565, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN
Description: Numbers 22:37
NET Translation: Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send again and again to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
DARBY Translation: And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earNESTly send to thee to call thee? why didst thou not come to me? am I not surely able to honour thee?
KJV Translation: And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earNESTly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
Keywords: KENITES,NEST
Description: Numbers 24:21
NET Translation: Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle: “Your dwelling place seems strong, and your NEST is set on a rocky cliff.
DARBY Translation: And he saw the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Firm is thy dwelling-place, and thy NEST fixed in the rock;
KJV Translation: And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy NEST in a rock.
Keywords: GOD
Description: Deuteronomy 13:18
NET Translation: Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.
DARBY Translation: when thou hearkeNEST to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, that thou mayest do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.
KJV Translation: When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do [that which is] right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
Keywords: PENTECOST,THANKFULNESS
Description: Deuteronomy 16:9
NET Translation: You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.
DARBY Translation: Seven weeks shalt thou count: from the beginning of putting the sickle into the corn shalt thou begin to count seven weeks.
KJV Translation: Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from [such time as] thou beginNEST [to put] the sickle to the corn.
Verse Intro: The Feast of Weeks
Keywords: HONESTY,INJUSTICE,INTEGRITY
Description: Deuteronomy 16:20
NET Translation: You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you.
DARBY Translation: PerfectD1284 justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
KJV Translation: That which is altogether justK826shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Keywords: ANIMALS,BIRDS
Description: Deuteronomy 22:6
NET Translation: If you happen to notice a bird’s NEST along the road, whether in a tree or on the ground, and there are chicks or eggs with the mother bird sitting on them, you must not take the mother from the young.
DARBY Translation: If a bird's NEST chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree, or upon the ground, with young or with eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
KJV Translation: If a bird's NEST chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, [whether they be] young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
Keywords: ABOMINATION,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: Deuteronomy 25:13
NET Translation: You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weightsD1335, a great and a small.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weightsK874, a great and a small.
Keywords: SIN
Description: Deuteronomy 25:16
NET Translation: For anyone who acts dishoNESTly in these ways is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
DARBY Translation: For every one that doeth such things, every one that doeth unrighteousness, is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
KJV Translation: For all that do such things, [and] all that do unrighteously, [are] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Keywords: HOLINESS
Description: Deuteronomy 30:10
NET Translation: if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him with your whole mind and being.
DARBY Translation: ifD1364 thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turnNEST.'" href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D1365 to Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
KJV Translation: If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, [and] if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Keywords: ANIMALS,EAGLE,GOD,NEST
Description: Deuteronomy 32:11
NET Translation: Like an eagle that stirs up its NEST, that hovers over its young, so the Lord spread out his wings and took him, he lifted him up on his pinions.
DARBY Translation: As the eagle stirreth up its NEST, Hovereth over its young, Spreadeth out its wings, Taketh them, beareth them on its feathers,
KJV Translation: As an eagle stirreth up her NEST, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
Keywords: DISHONESTY,NATION,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Joshua 7:11
NET Translation: Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.
DARBY Translation: Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them, and they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it among their stuff.
KJV Translation: Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put [it] even among their own stuff.
Keywords: CALEB,ISRAEL
Description: Joshua 14:7
NET Translation: I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord’s servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an hoNEST report.
DARBY Translation: Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to search out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
KJV Translation: Forty years old [was] I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as [it was] in mine heart.
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,CONSCIENCE MONEY,DISHONESTY,MONEY,SHEKEL,THEFT AND THIEVES,VOWS
Description: Judges 17:2
NET Translation: He said to his mother, “You know the 1,100 pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you.” His mother said, “May the Lord reward you, my son!”
DARBY Translation: And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred silver-pieces that were taken from thee, and about which thou didst curse and speak of in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah!
KJV Translation: And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [shekels] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed [be thou] of the LORD, my son.
Keywords: DISHONESTY,EPHOD,TERAPHIM,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Judges 18:14
NET Translation: The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen, “Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”
DARBY Translation: Then the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Laish spoke and said to their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? And now ye know what to do.
KJV Translation: Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
Keywords: BRIBERY,CHILDREN,COVETOUSNESS,JUDGE
Description: 1 Samuel 8:3
NET Translation: But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishoNESTly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.
DARBY Translation: And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
KJV Translation: And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Description: 1 Samuel 20:6
NET Translation: If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go to his town Bethlehem, for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’
DARBY Translation: If thy father should actually miss me, then say, David earNESTly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
KJV Translation: If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earNESTly asked [leave] of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for [there is] a yearly sacrificeK1425there for all the family.
Description: 1 Samuel 20:28
NET Translation: Jonathan replied to Saul, “David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem.
DARBY Translation: And Jonathan answered Saul, David earNESTly asked leave of me [to go] to Bethlehem,
KJV Translation: And Jonathan answered Saul, David earNESTly asked [leave] of me [to go] to Bethlehem:
Keywords: INTEGRITY,PHILISTINES
Description: 1 Samuel 29:6
NET Translation: So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an hoNEST man, and I am glad to have you serving with me in the army. I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion of the leaders, you are not reliable.
DARBY Translation: And Achish called David, and said to him, [As] Jehovah liveth, thou art upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with meD1922 in the camp is acceptable to me; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming to me to this day; but thou art not acceptable to the lords.
KJV Translation: Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, [as] the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host [is] good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
Keywords: ANOINTING,DISHONESTY,MOURNING,TEKOAH
Description: 2 Samuel 14:2
NET Translation: So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.
DARBY Translation: And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, I pray, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead;
KJV Translation: And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
Keywords: FOOD,SUMMER
Description: 2 Samuel 16:2
NET Translation: The king asked Ziba, “Why did you bring these things?” Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride on, the loaves of bread and the summer fruit are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the desert.”
DARBY Translation: And the king said to Ziba, What meaNEST thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruits for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
KJV Translation: And the king said unto Ziba, What meaNEST thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses [be] for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
Keywords: AMNESTY,BAHURIM,BENJAMIN,CLEMENCY,DAVID,GERA,SHIMEI,TREASON
Description: 2 Samuel 19:16
NET Translation: Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.
DARBY Translation: And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, who was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
KJV Translation: And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which [was] of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
Verse Intro: David Pardons Shimei
Keywords: BLESSING,GOD,WATCHFULNESS
Description: 1 Kings 2:3
NET Translation: Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,
DARBY Translation: and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosperD2075 in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turNEST thyself;
KJV Translation: And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosperK1758in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turNEST thyself:
Description: 1 Kings 14:6
NET Translation: When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news.
DARBY Translation: And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feigNEST thou to be another? But I am sent to thee with a hard [message].
KJV Translation: And it was [so], when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feigNEST thou thyself [to be] another? for I [am] sent to thee [with] heavyK1908[tidings].
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,DISHONESTY,MONEY
Description: 1 Kings 21:2
NET Translation: Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, I will pay you silver for it.”
DARBY Translation: And Ahab spoke to Naboth saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, for it is near, by the side of my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; if it seem good to thee, I will give thee its value in money.
KJV Translation: And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it [is] near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; [or], if it seem good to theeK1971, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY
Description: 2 Kings 12:15
NET Translation: They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were hoNEST.
DARBY Translation: And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the money to be bestowed on workmen; for they dealt faithfully.
KJV Translation: Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
Keywords: HILKIAH,HONESTY,PRIEST,TREASURE-HOUSES
Description: 2 Kings 22:4
NET Translation: “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord’s temple and has been collected by the guards at the door.
DARBY Translation: Go up to Hilkijah the high priest, that he may sum up the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the doorkeepers have gathered of the people,
KJV Translation: Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the doorK2159have gathered of the people:
Keywords: INTEGRITY,MONEY
Description: 2 Kings 22:7
NET Translation: Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are hoNEST.”
DARBY Translation: But no reckoning was made with them of the money that was given into their hand, because they dealt faithfullyD2321.
KJV Translation: Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
Keywords: BLESSING,GOD,POWER
Description: 1 Chronicles 29:12
NET Translation: You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all.
DARBY Translation: and riches and glory are of thee, and thou rulest over everything; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make all great and strong.
KJV Translation: Both riches and honour [come] of thee, and thou reigNEST over all; and in thine hand [is] power and might; and in thine hand [it is] to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Keywords: REVERENCE
Description: 2 Chronicles 19:9
NET Translation: He commanded them: “Carry out your duties with respect for the Lord, with hoNESTy, and with pure motives.
DARBY Translation: And he charged them saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah faithfully and with a perfect heart.
KJV Translation: And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
Keywords: BARUCH,ZABBAI
Description: Nehemiah 3:20
NET Translation: After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
DARBY Translation: After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earNESTly repaired anotherD2747 piece, from the angle to the entry of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
KJV Translation: After him Baruch the son of ZabbaiK2866earNESTly repaired the other piece, from the turning [of the wall] unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Description: Nehemiah 6:8
NET Translation: I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. All of this is a figment of your imagination.”
DARBY Translation: And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feigNEST them out of thine own heart.
KJV Translation: Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feigNEST them out of thine own heart.
Keywords: ANGEL (a spirit),EARTH,GOD,HEAVEN,JESUS THE CHRIST,PRAISE
Description: Nehemiah 9:6
NET Translation: You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, along with all their multitude of stars, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
DARBY Translation: Thou art the SameD2797, thou alone, Jehovah, who hast made the heaven of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the seas and all that is therein. And thou quickeNEST them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
KJV Translation: Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Keywords: OFFERINGS
Description: Nehemiah 13:6
NET Translation: During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time I had requested leave of the king,
DARBY Translation: And during all that [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king; and after some time I obtained leave of the king.
KJV Translation: But in all this [time] was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain daysK2947 obtained I leaveNESTly requested." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K2948of the king:
Keywords: HANAN,HONESTY,MATTANIAH,PEDAIAH,PRIEST,SCRIBE (S),SHELEMIAH,TREASURE-HOUSES,ZADOK
Description: Nehemiah 13:13
NET Translation: I gave instructions that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues.
DARBY Translation: And I made storekeepers over the storehouses: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and subordinate to them, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were esteemed faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brethren.
KJV Translation: And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to themK2951[was] Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their officeK2952[was] to distribute unto their brethren.
Keywords: BED,CURTAINS,GOLD,MARBLE,TAPESTRY
Description: Esther 1:6
NET Translation: The furnishings included white linen and blue curtains hung by cords of the fiNEST linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone.
DARBY Translation: White, green, and blue [hangings] were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marbleD2846; couches of gold and silver [lay] upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.
KJV Translation: [Where were] white, green, and blueK2963, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Description: Job 6:25
NET Translation: How painful are hoNEST words! But what does your reproof prove?
DARBY Translation: How forcible are right words! but what doth your upbraiding reprove?
KJV Translation: How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,SERVANT
Description: Job 7:2
NET Translation: Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,
DARBY Translation: As a bondman earNESTly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,
KJV Translation: As a servant earNESTly desirethK3106the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for [the reward of] his work:
Keywords: PRAYER,SEEKERS
Description: Job 8:5
NET Translation: But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,
DARBY Translation: If thou seek earNESTly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
KJV Translation: If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Keywords: PRAYERLESSNESS
Description: Job 15:4
NET Translation: But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.
DARBY Translation: Yea, thou makest pietyD2960 of none effect, and restraiNEST meditation before God.
KJV Translation: Yea, thou castest off fear, and restraiNEST prayer before God.
Verse Intro: Job is Sinning and Does Not Fear God
Keywords: BLASPHEMY
Description: Job 15:13
NET Translation: when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?
DARBY Translation: That thou turNEST thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
KJV Translation: That thou turNEST thy spirit against God, and lettest [such] words go out of thy mouth?
Keywords: DISHONESTY,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Job 24:2
NET Translation: Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.
DARBY Translation: They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
KJV Translation: [Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,HONESTY
Description: Job 27:6
NET Translation: I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.
DARBY Translation: My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart reproacheth [me] not one of my days.
KJV Translation: My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I liveK3264.
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,SECURITY
Description: Job 29:18
NET Translation: “Then I thought, ‘I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
DARBY Translation: And I said, I shall die in my NEST, and multiply my days as the sand;
KJV Translation: Then I said, I shall die in my NEST, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
Keywords: BALANCES,FALSEHOOD
Description: Job 31:6
NET Translation: let him weigh me with hoNEST scales; then God will discover my integrity.
DARBY Translation: (Let me be weighed in an even balance, and God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)
KJV Translation: Let me be weighed in an even balanceK3299, that God may know mine integrity.
Description: Job 35:6
NET Translation: If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him?
DARBY Translation: If thou sinNEST, what doest thou against him? If thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
KJV Translation: If thou sinNEST, what doest thou against him? or [if] thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Keywords: EAGLE
Description: Job 39:27
NET Translation: Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its NEST on high?
DARBY Translation: Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make his NEST on high?
KJV Translation: Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her NEST on high?
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY
Description: Psalms 7:3
NET Translation: O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,
DARBY Translation: Jehovah my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands;
KJV Translation: O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Keywords: EVIL FOR GOOD,HONESTY
Description: Psalms 7:4
NET Translation: or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,
DARBY Translation: If I have rewarded evil to him thatD3202 was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)
KJV Translation: If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Keywords: CHARACTER,OATH,RIGHTEOUS
Description: Psalms 15:2
NET Translation: Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks hoNESTly.
DARBY Translation: He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth from his heart.
KJV Translation: He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEREST,MONEY,USURY
Description: Psalms 15:5
NET Translation: He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be shaken.
DARBY Translation: [He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh rewardD3262 against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.
KJV Translation: [He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.
Keywords: FAITH,JOY,TESTIMONY
Description: Psalms 16:5
NET Translation: Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritanceD3266 and of my cup: thou maintaiNEST my lot.
KJV Translation: The LORD [is] the portion of mineK3485inheritance and of my cup: thou maintaiNEST my lot.
Keywords: DECEIT,GOD,HEART,HONESTY,VANITY
Description: Psalms 24:4
NET Translation: The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.
DARBY Translation: He that hath blamelessD3325 hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:
KJV Translation: He that hath clean handsK3553, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Keywords: COMPANY,FELLOWSHIP,VANITY
Description: Psalms 26:4
NET Translation: I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishoNEST.
DARBY Translation: I have not sat with vainD3337 persons, neither have I gone in with dissemblers;
KJV Translation: I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Keywords: BORROWING,CHARACTER,DISHONESTY,POOR
Description: Psalms 37:21
NET Translation: Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.
DARBY Translation: The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth:
KJV Translation: The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES
Description: Psalms 41:3
NET Translation: The Lord supports him on his sickbed; you have healed him from his illness.
DARBY Translation: Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of languishing: thou turNEST all his bed in his sickness.
KJV Translation: The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt makeK3661all his bed in his sickness.
Keywords: COMPANY,COMPLICITY,DISHONESTY,FELLOWSHIP,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Psalms 50:18
NET Translation: When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.
DARBY Translation: When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;
KJV Translation: When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterersK3698.
Keywords: DISHONESTY,OPPRESSION,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Psalms 62:10
NET Translation: Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression. Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery. If wealth increases, do not become attached to it.
DARBY Translation: Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it.
KJV Translation: Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
Description: Psalms 65:11
NET Translation: You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake.
DARBY Translation: Thou crowNEST the year with thy goodness, and thy paths drop fatness:
KJV Translation: Thou crowNEST the year with thy goodnessK3763; and thy paths drop fatness.
Keywords: BREAD,FAT,HONEY,WHEAT
Description: Psalms 81:16
NET Translation: “I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”
DARBY Translation: And he would have fed them with the fiNEST of wheatD3726; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
KJV Translation: He should have fed them also with the fiNEST of the wheatK3871: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Keywords: SPARROW,SWALLOW
Description: Psalms 84:3
NET Translation: Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a NEST, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, my King and my God.
DARBY Translation: Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a NEST for herself, where she layeth her young, thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, my King and my God.
KJV Translation: Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a NEST for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
Keywords: EARNEST,PRAYER,TOKEN
Description: Psalms 86:17
NET Translation: Show me evidence of your favor. Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me.
DARBY Translation: Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.
KJV Translation: Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see [it], and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Keywords: DEATH,GOD,LIFE
Description: Psalms 90:3
NET Translation: You make mankind return to the dust, and say, “Return, O people.”
DARBY Translation: Thou makest [mortal] man to return to dustD3790, and sayest, Return, children of men.
KJV Translation: Thou turNEST man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CHASTISEMENT,WISDOM,WORD OF GOD
Description: Psalms 94:12
NET Translation: How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,
DARBY Translation: Blessed is the manD3818 whom thou chasteNEST, O JahD3819, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
KJV Translation: Blessed [is] the man whom thou chasteNEST, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Keywords: CHASTISEMENT,DECISION,HATRED,OBEDIENCE,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN
Description: Psalms 101:3
NET Translation: I will not even consider doing what is dishoNEST. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.
DARBY Translation: I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn asideD3848; it shall not cleave to me.
KJV Translation: I will set no wicked thingK3934before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.
Description: Psalms 101:6
NET Translation: I will favor the hoNEST people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me.
DARBY Translation: Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
KJV Translation: Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect wayK3935, he shall serve me.
Keywords: BIRDS,STORK
Description: Psalms 104:17
NET Translation: where the birds make NESTs, near the evergreens in which the herons live.
DARBY Translation: Where the birds make their NESTs; [as for] the stork, the fir treesD3869 are her house.
KJV Translation: Where the birds make their NESTs: [as for] the stork, the fir trees [are] her house.
Keywords: WAITING
Description: Psalms 104:28
NET Translation: You give food to them and they receive it; you open your hand and they are filled with food.
DARBY Translation: That thou givest unto them, they gather; thou opeNEST thy hand, they are filled with good.
KJV Translation: [That] thou givest them they gather: thou opeNEST thine hand, they are filled with good.
Keywords: CREDITOR,FAITH,KINDNESS,LENDING,LIBERALITY,POOR,PRUDENCE
Description: Psalms 112:5
NET Translation: It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business hoNESTly.
DARBY Translation: It isD3931 well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgmentD3932.
KJV Translation: A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretionK3991.
Keywords: FAITH,PRAYER
Description: Psalms 119:43
NET Translation: Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, for I await your justice.
DARBY Translation: And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hopedNEST desire and longing' (see Ps. 69.3); and so vers. 49,74,81,114,147; Ps. 147.11, &c." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D3967 in thy judgments.
KJV Translation: And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
Keywords: BLESSING,GIFTS FROM GOD,GOD,WAITING
Description: Psalms 145:16
NET Translation: You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food it desires.
DARBY Translation: Thou opeNEST thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
KJV Translation: Thou opeNEST thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
Keywords: BLESSING,GOD,NATION,WHEAT
Description: Psalms 147:14
NET Translation: He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain.
DARBY Translation: He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the fiNEST of the wheatD4105.
KJV Translation: He maketh peace [in] thy borders, [and] filleth thee with the fiNEST of the wheat.
Description: Proverbs 1:28
NET Translation: Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
DARBY Translation: then will they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earlyNESTly,' as Job 8.5." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D4137, and shall not find me.
KJV Translation: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Keywords: BENEFICENCE,DISHONESTY
Description: Proverbs 3:27
NET Translation: Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.
DARBY Translation: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
KJV Translation: Withhold not good from them to whom it is dueK4136, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].
Verse Intro: Demonstrate Wisdom in Dealing with Others
Keywords: BENEFICENCE,DISHONESTY,NEIGHBOR
Description: Proverbs 3:28
NET Translation: Do not say to your neighbor, “Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it,” when you have it with you at the time.
DARBY Translation: Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.
KJV Translation: Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Description: Proverbs 4:12
NET Translation: When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.
DARBY Translation: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runNEST, thou shalt not stumble.
KJV Translation: When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runNEST, thou shalt not stumble.
Keywords: DECISION,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,WATCHFULNESS
Description: Proverbs 4:25
NET Translation: Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.
DARBY Translation: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
KJV Translation: Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Description: Proverbs 7:15
NET Translation: That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!
DARBY Translation: therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earNESTlyD4199 thy face, and I have found thee.
KJV Translation: Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Keywords: CHILDREN,DESIRE,JESUS THE CHRIST,LOVE,SEEKERS
Description: Proverbs 8:17
NET Translation: I will love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.
DARBY Translation: I love those that love me; and they that seek me earlyNESTly.'" href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D4211 shall find me.
KJV Translation: I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Keywords: INFIDELITY,SCOFFING
Description: Proverbs 9:12
NET Translation: If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you have mocked, you alone must bear it.
DARBY Translation: If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scorNEST, thou alone shalt bear it.
KJV Translation: If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scorNEST, thou alone shalt bear [it].
Keywords: ABOMINATION,BALANCES,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: Proverbs 11:1
NET Translation: The Lord abhors dishoNEST scales, but an accurate weight is his delight.
DARBY Translation: A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a justD4249 weight is his delight.
KJV Translation: A false balanceK4185[is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weightK4186[is] his delight.
Verse Intro: Proverbs of Solomon 33-63
Keywords: DILIGENCE,GOD,SIN
Description: Proverbs 11:27
NET Translation: The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil—it will come to him.
DARBY Translation: He that is earNEST after good seeketh favour; but he that searcheth for mischief, it shall come upon him.
KJV Translation: He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,FALSEHOOD,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,TRUTH
Description: Proverbs 12:22
NET Translation: The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.
DARBY Translation: Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.
KJV Translation: Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
Keywords: CHILDREN,PARENTS
Description: Proverbs 13:24
NET Translation: The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.
DARBY Translation: He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimeNESTly (or 'early') with discipline.'" href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D4280s.
KJV Translation: He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Keywords: BALANCES,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: Proverbs 16:11
NET Translation: HoNEST scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.
DARBY Translation: The just balance and scales are Jehovah's; all the weights of the bag are his work.
KJV Translation: A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weightsK4226of the bag [are] his work.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: Proverbs 20:10
NET Translation: Diverse weights and diverse measures—the Lord abhors both of them.
DARBY Translation: Divers weights, divers measuresD4357, even both of them are abomination to Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Divers weightsK4261, [and] divers measuresK4262, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
Keywords: BOASTING,DISHONESTY,HYPOCRISY
Description: Proverbs 20:14
NET Translation: “It’s worthless! It’s worthless!” says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts.
DARBY Translation: Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
KJV Translation: [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Keywords: DECEIT,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,GRAVEL
Description: Proverbs 20:17
NET Translation: Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
DARBY Translation: Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
KJV Translation: Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Keywords: ABOMINATION,BALANCES,DISHONESTY,HONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: Proverbs 20:23
NET Translation: The Lord abhors differing weights, and dishoNEST scales are wicked.
DARBY Translation: Divers weightsD4362 are an abomination unto Jehovah; and a false balance is not good.
KJV Translation: Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balanceK4266[is] not good.
Description: Proverbs 24:26
NET Translation: Like a kiss on the lips is the one who gives an hoNEST answer.
DARBY Translation: He kisseth the lips who giveth a right answer.
KJV Translation: [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answerK4312.
Verse Intro: More Sayings of the Wise 2
Keywords: DECEIT,FRIENDSHIP,KISS,REPROOF
Description: Proverbs 27:6
NET Translation: Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
DARBY Translation: Faithful are the wounds of a friendD4422; but the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
KJV Translation: Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitfulNEST, or frequent." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K4343.
Keywords: CHARACTER,INSTABILITY,SIN
Description: Proverbs 27:8
NET Translation: Like a bird that wanders from its NEST, so is a person who wanders from his home.
DARBY Translation: As a bird that wandereth from her NEST, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
KJV Translation: As a bird that wandereth from her NEST, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
Keywords: ANOINTING,OINTMENT
Description: Song of Solomon 1:3
NET Translation: The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the fiNEST perfume. No wonder the young women adore you!
DARBY Translation: Thine ointments savour sweetly; Thy name is an ointment poured forth: Therefore do the virgins love thee.
KJV Translation: Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Keywords: ALOES,CALAMUS,CINNAMON,MYRRH,SPIKENARD
Description: Song of Solomon 4:14
NET Translation: nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice, myrrh and aloes with all the fiNEST spices.
DARBY Translation: Spikenard and saffron; CalamusD4575 and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
KJV Translation: Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Keywords: RAVEN
Description: Song of Solomon 5:11
NET Translation: His head is like the purest gold. His hair is curly—black like a raven.
DARBY Translation: His head is [as] the fiNEST gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;
KJV Translation: His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushyK4485, [and] black as a raven.
Description: Isaiah 1:26
NET Translation: I will reestablish hoNEST judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called, ‘The Just City, Faithful Town.’”
DARBY Translation: and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning. Afterwards thou shalt be called, Town of righteousness, Faithful city.
KJV Translation: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Description: Isaiah 10:14
NET Translation: My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a NEST, as one gathers up abandoned eggs, I gathered up the whole earth. There was no wing flapping, or open mouth chirping.”
DARBY Translation: and my hand hath found as a NEST the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
KJV Translation: And my hand hath found as a NEST the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Keywords: ANIMALS,ASP,COCKATRICE
Description: Isaiah 11:8
NET Translation: A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the NEST of a serpent an infant will put his hand.
DARBY Translation: And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the adder, and the weaned child shall put forth its hand to the viper's den.
KJV Translation: And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatriceK4625' den.
Keywords: ARNON,BIRDS
Description: Isaiah 16:2
NET Translation: At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its NEST.
DARBY Translation: And it shall be [that] as a wandering bird, [as] a scattered NEST, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the Arnon.
KJV Translation: For it shall be, [that], as a wandering bird cast out of the NESTNEST forsaken." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K4665, [so] the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
Keywords: CHURCH,GOD
Description: Isaiah 31:5
NET Translation: Just as birds hover over a NEST, so the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.”
DARBY Translation: As birds with outstretched wings, so will Jehovah of hosts cover Jerusalem; covering, he will also deliver, passing over, he will rescue [it].
KJV Translation: As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver [it; and] passing over he will preserve it.
Keywords: DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,POOR,SPEAKING,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Isaiah 32:7
NET Translation: A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.
DARBY Translation: The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
KJV Translation: The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh rightK4806.
Keywords: BLESSING,BRIBERY,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,OPPRESSION,RIGHTEOUS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,TEMPTATION
Description: Isaiah 33:15
NET Translation: The one who lives uprightly and speaks hoNESTly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others—
DARBY Translation: He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttethD4891 his eyes from seeing evil:
KJV Translation: He that walketh righteouslyK4816, and speaketh uprightlyK4817; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Keywords: BLESSING,BRIBERY,FORT,GOD,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,OPPRESSION,RIGHTEOUS,TEMPTATION
Description: Isaiah 33:16
NET Translation: this is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water.
DARBY Translation: he shall dwell on high, the fortresses of the rocks shall be his high retreat; bread shall be given him, his water shall be sure.
KJV Translation: He shall dwell on highK4820: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.
Keywords: ANIMALS
Description: Isaiah 34:14
NET Translation: Wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there; wild goats will bleat to one another. Yes, nocturnal animals will rest there and make for themselves a NEST.
DARBY Translation: And there shall the beasts of the desert meet with the jackals, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; the lilithD4899 also shall settle there, and find for herself a place of rest.
KJV Translation: The wild beastsK4834of the desert shall also meet with the wild beastsK4835of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
Keywords: VULTURE
Description: Isaiah 34:15
NET Translation: Owls will make NESTs and lay eggs there; they will hatch them and protect them. Yes, hawks will gather there, each with its mate.
DARBY Translation: There shall the arrow-snake make her NEST, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there also shall the vultures be gathered one with another.
KJV Translation: There shall the great owl make her NEST, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Keywords: GOD,SEEKERS,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Isaiah 45:19
NET Translation: I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in vain!’ I am the Lord, the one who speaks hoNESTly, who makes reliable announcements.
DARBY Translation: I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek me in vain: I [am] Jehovah, speaking righteousness, declaring things which are right.
KJV Translation: I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Keywords: ISAIAH,HYPOCRISY,OATH,PERJURY
Description: Isaiah 48:1
NET Translation: Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’ and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel—but not in an hoNEST and just manner.
DARBY Translation: Hear ye this, house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of Jehovah, and make mention of the God of Israel, not in truth, nor in righteousness.
KJV Translation: Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Verse Intro: The Lord Speaks to the Exiles
Keywords: DEATH,PEACE,RIGHTEOUS
Description: Isaiah 57:1
NET Translation: The godly perish, but no one cares. HoNEST people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.
DARBY Translation: The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and mercifulD5075 men are taken awayD5076, none considering that the righteous is taken awayD5077 from before the evil.
KJV Translation: The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful menK4973[are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].
Verse Intro: The Futility of the Nation's Idolatry
Keywords: JUSTICE,RULERS,TRUTH
Description: Isaiah 59:14
NET Translation: Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, hoNESTy stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.
DARBY Translation: And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
KJV Translation: And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Keywords: JUSTICE,PERSECUTION,RULERS,TRUTH
Description: Isaiah 59:15
NET Translation: HoNESTy has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.
DARBY Translation: And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw [it], and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment.
KJV Translation: Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a preyK5002: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased himK5003that [there was] no judgment.
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,CHURCH,GENTILES,GOD,JESUS THE CHRIST,OATH
Description: Jeremiah 4:2
NET Translation: You must be truthful, hoNEST, and upright when you take an oath saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’ If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting.”
DARBY Translation: and thou shalt in truth, in justice, and in righteousness swear, [As] Jehovah liveth! and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
KJV Translation: And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Keywords: BIRDS,SIN,BACKSLIDERS,IDOLATRY,INTERCESSION
Description: Jeremiah 5:1
NET Translation: The Lord said, “Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals hoNESTly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.
DARBY Translation: Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.
KJV Translation: Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
Verse Intro: The Coming Judgment of Judah is Deserved
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN
Description: Jeremiah 6:13
NET Translation: “That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishoNEST gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.
DARBY Translation: For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.
KJV Translation: For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one [is] given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Keywords: CONFIDENCE,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,HYPOCRISY,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,OATH,VANITY
Description: Jeremiah 7:8
NET Translation: “‘But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.
DARBY Translation: Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.
KJV Translation: Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Keywords: WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Jeremiah 8:6
NET Translation: I have listened to them very carefully, but they do not speak hoNESTly. None of them regrets the evil he has done. None of them says, “I have done wrong!” All of them persist in their own wayward course like a horse charging recklessly into battle.
DARBY Translation: I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth toD5226 his course, like a horse rushing into the battle.
KJV Translation: I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN
Description: Jeremiah 8:10
NET Translation: So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishoNEST gain. Prophets and priests alike all practice deceit.
DARBY Translation: Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess [them]; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.
KJV Translation: Therefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Keywords: BLINDNESS,FALSEHOOD,LUKEWARMNESS,SIN,TRUTH,WAR,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Jeremiah 9:3
NET Translation: The Lord says, “These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by hoNEST means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.
DARBY Translation: And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
KJV Translation: And they bend their tongues [like] their bow [for] lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Verse Intro: The Righteous Lord Must Judge the People
Keywords: DISHONESTY,HYPOCRISY,SLANDER
Description: Jeremiah 9:4
NET Translation: Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all his friends will tell lies about him.
DARBY Translation: Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
KJV Translation: Take ye heed every one of his neighbourK5107, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Keywords: DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,HYPOCRISY,TREACHERY
Description: Jeremiah 9:8
NET Translation: Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths, but their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.
DARBY Translation: Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. [A man] speaketh peaceably to his neighbourD5235 with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush.
KJV Translation: Their tongue [is as] an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: [one] speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heartK5109he layeth his waitK5110.
Keywords: GOD
Description: Jeremiah 11:7
NET Translation: For I solemnly warned your ancestors to obey me. I warned them again and again, ever since I delivered them out of Egypt until this very day.
DARBY Translation: For I earNESTly protested unto your fathers, in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Hearken unto my voice.
KJV Translation: For I earNESTly protested unto your fathers in the day [that] I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
Keywords: GOD,HAPPINESS,JEREMIAH,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Jeremiah 12:1
NET Translation: Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishoNEST people have such easy lives?
DARBY Translation: Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
KJV Translation: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with theeK5138of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Verse Intro: Jeremiah Appeals to God Concerning Apparent Injustice
Keywords: DISHONESTY,EMPLOYER,JEHOIAKIM,LABOR,MASTER,NEIGHBOR,THE RICH,SERVANT,WAGES
Description: Jeremiah 22:13
NET Translation: “‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
DARBY Translation: Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his upper chambers by injustice; that taketh his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not his earning;
KJV Translation: Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Verse Intro: Judgment on Jehoiakim
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,HEART,OPPRESSION
Description: Jeremiah 22:17
NET Translation: But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishoNEST means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.’”
DARBY Translation: ButD5309 thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortionD5310, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.
KJV Translation: But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violenceK5196, to do [it].
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES
Description: Jeremiah 22:23
NET Translation: You may feel as secure as a bird NESTing in the cedars of Lebanon. But O how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.”
DARBY Translation: Thou inhabitress of Lebanon, that makest thy NEST in the cedars, how pitiful shalt thou beD5312 when pangs come upon thee, pain as of a woman in travail!
KJV Translation: O inhabitantK5198of Lebanon, that makest thy NEST in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Keywords: TEMPLE
Description: Jeremiah 27:18
NET Translation: I also told them, “If they are really prophets and the Lord is speaking to them, let them pray earNESTly to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. Let them plead with him not to let the valuable articles that are still left in the Lord’s temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem be taken away to Babylon.
DARBY Translation: But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
KJV Translation: But if they [be] prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and [in] the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
Keywords: ADOPTION,BOWELS,EPHRAIM,GOD
Description: Jeremiah 31:20
NET Translation: Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the Lord, affirm it!
DARBY Translation: Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubledD5368 for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
KJV Translation: [Is] Ephraim my dear son? [is he] a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earNESTly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Keywords: PRIDE
Description: Jeremiah 48:15
NET Translation: Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded. Its fiNEST young men will be slaughtered. I, the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, affirm it!
DARBY Translation: Moab is laid waste, and his cities are gone up [in smoke], and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.
KJV Translation: Moab is spoiled, and gone up [out of] her cities, and his chosenK5343young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name [is] the LORD of hosts.
Keywords: TURTLE DOVE,WAR
Description: Jeremiah 48:28
NET Translation: Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its NEST high on the sides of a ravine.
DARBY Translation: Leave the cities, and dwell in the rocks, ye inhabitants of Moab, and be like the dove, that maketh her NEST in the sides of the cave's mouthD5456.
KJV Translation: O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove [that] maketh her NEST in the sides of the hole's mouth.
Keywords: EAGLE,HEART,PRIDE,ROCK,SECURITY,SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Jeremiah 49:16
NET Translation: The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles NEST, I would bring you down from there,” says the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart, hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill. Though thou shouldest make thy NEST high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, [and] the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy NEST as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,GOD
Description: Lamentations 5:19
NET Translation: But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation.
DARBY Translation: Thou, Jehovah, dwellestD5565 for ever; thy throne is from generation to generation.
KJV Translation: Thou, O LORD, remaiNEST for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Keywords: EMBROIDERY,FOOD,OIL,SILK
Description: Ezekiel 16:13
NET Translation: You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate the fiNEST flour, honey, and olive oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained the position of royalty.
DARBY Translation: Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver, and thy raiment was byssus, and silk, and embroidered work. Thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
KJV Translation: Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment [was of] fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
Description: Ezekiel 16:31
NET Translation: When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment.
DARBY Translation: in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street! And thou hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scorNEST reward,
KJV Translation: In that thou buildestK5563thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scorNEST hire;
Keywords: BRIBERY,COVETOUSNESS,EXTORTION,INTEREST,USURY
Description: Ezekiel 22:12
NET Translation: They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.
DARBY Translation: In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreachedNEST gain from.' see ver. 27, 'dishoNEST gain.'" href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D5719 thy neighbours by oppressionD5720, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV Translation: In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Keywords: BRIBERY,COMMERCE,COVETOUSNESS,ISRAEL,PROPHECIES CONCERNING
Description: Ezekiel 22:13
NET Translation: “‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishoNEST profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.
DARBY Translation: And behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreachingNEST gain from.' see ver. 27, 'dishoNEST gain.'" href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D5721 which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.
KJV Translation: Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishoNEST gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Keywords: CRIME,RULERS,WOLF
Description: Ezekiel 22:27
NET Translation: Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey—shedding blood and destroying lives—so they can get dishoNEST profit.
DARBY Translation: Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishoNEST gain.
KJV Translation: Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishoNEST gain.
Keywords: ALIENS,DISHONESTY,OPPRESSION,POOR,STRANGERS,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Ezekiel 22:29
NET Translation: The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.
DARBY Translation: The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.
KJV Translation: The people of the land have used oppressionK5626, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfullyK5627.
Description: Ezekiel 31:6
NET Translation: All the birds of the sky NESTed in its boughs; under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth; in its shade all the great nations lived.
DARBY Translation: All the fowl of the heavens made their NESTs in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all the great nations.
KJV Translation: All the fowls of heaven made their NESTs in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Keywords: AFFECTIONS,COVETOUSNESS,EZEKIEL
Description: Ezekiel 33:31
NET Translation: They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
DARBY Translation: And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee [as] my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, [but] their heart goeth after their dishoNEST gain.
KJV Translation: And they come unto thee as the people comethK5741, 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.
Description: Ezekiel 37:18
NET Translation: When your people say to you, ‘Will you not tell us what these things mean?’
DARBY Translation: And when the children of my people speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not declare unto us what thou meaNEST by these?
KJV Translation: And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou [meaNEST] by these?
Keywords: BATH,HONESTY,MEASURE
Description: Ezekiel 45:10
NET Translation: You must use just balances, a just dry measure (an ephah), and a just liquid measure (a bath).
DARBY Translation: Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
KJV Translation: Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Description: Daniel 4:12
NET Translation: Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful; on it there was food enough for all. Under it the wild animals used to seek shade, and in its branches the birds of the sky used to NEST. All creatures used to feed themselves from it.
DARBY Translation: Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
KJV Translation: 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.
Description: Daniel 4:21
NET Translation: whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to NEST—
DARBY Translation: whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens had their habitation:
KJV Translation: 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:
Keywords: ARMIES
Description: Daniel 11:15
NET Translation: Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his fiNEST contingents. They will have no strength to prevail.
DARBY Translation: And the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take the well-fenced city; and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, for there shall be no strength to withstand.
KJV Translation: So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced citiesK6009: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen peopleK6010, neither [shall there be any] strength to withstand.
Keywords: IDOLATRY
Description: Hosea 2:2
NET Translation: “Plead earNESTly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.
DARBY Translation: Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husbandD6120: and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
KJV Translation: Plead with your mother, plead: for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Verse Intro: Israel to be Punished as a Prostitute
Keywords: CHURCH,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,JOTHAM,ADULTERY,BLINDNESS,CHARACTER,CRIME,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,HOMICIDE,MERCY,REASONING,SIN,THEFT AND THIEVES,TRUTH
Description: Hosea 4:1
NET Translation: Listen to the Lord’s message, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.
DARBY Translation: Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodnessD6137, nor knowledge of God in the land.
KJV Translation: Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Verse Intro: The Lord Has a Case Against Israel
Keywords: ADULTERY,CRIME,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Hosea 4:2
NET Translation: There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.
DARBY Translation: Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out; and blood toucheth blood.
KJV Translation: By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodK6060toucheth blood.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,REPENTANCE,SEEKERS
Description: Hosea 5:15
NET Translation: Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earNESTly seek me.
DARBY Translation: I will go away, I will return to my place, till they acknowledge their trespassD6155, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earlyNESTly.'" href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D6156.
KJV Translation: I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offenceK6076, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Keywords: BALANCES,COMMERCE,DISHONESTY,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,MEASURE,MERCHANT
Description: Hosea 12:7
NET Translation: The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishoNEST scales.
DARBY Translation: [He is] a merchantD6202, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppressD6203.
KJV Translation: [He is] a merchantK6120, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppressK6121.
Verse Intro: Israel Guilty Despite Claims of Innocence
Keywords: AMNESTY,SIN,CREMATION,EDOMITES,LIME
Description: Amos 2:1
NET Translation: This is what the Lord says: “Because Moab has committed three crimes—make that four—I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom’s king into lime.
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
Keywords: DISHONESTY,RULERS
Description: Amos 3:10
NET Translation: “They do not know how to do what is right,” the Lord says. “They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses.
DARBY Translation: and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.
KJV Translation: For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robberyK6184in their palaces.
Keywords: MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PERSECUTION,REPROOF,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Amos 5:10
NET Translation: The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks hoNESTly.
DARBY Translation: They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
KJV Translation: They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Keywords: BALANCES,DISHONESTY,MEASURE,MONEY,MOON,NEW MOON,SABBATH,SHEKEL
Description: Amos 8:5
NET Translation: You say, “When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!
DARBY Translation: saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
KJV Translation: Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forthK6223wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Description: Obadiah 1:4
NET Translation: Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your NEST among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!” says the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy NEST among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy NEST among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Keywords: CONVERTS,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PRAYERLESSNESS
Description: Jonah 1:6
NET Translation: The ship’s captain approached him and said, “What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!”
DARBY Translation: And the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meaNEST thou, sleeper? arise, call upon thy God; perhaps God will think upon us, that we perish not.
KJV Translation: So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meaNEST thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Keywords: CONVERTS,CONVICTION,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,THANKFULNESS
Description: Jonah 1:16
NET Translation: The men feared the Lord greatly and earNESTly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the Lord.
DARBY Translation: And the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.
KJV Translation: Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vowsK6256.
Keywords: REPENTANCE,SACKCLOTH
Description: Jonah 3:8
NET Translation: Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earNESTly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do.
DARBY Translation: and let manD6325 and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
KJV Translation: But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands.
Keywords: DISHONESTY,MEASURE,WEIGHTS
Description: Micah 6:10
NET Translation: “I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishoNEST gain you have hoarded away or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.
DARBY Translation: Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measureD6376 [which is] abominable?
KJV Translation: Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wickedK6317, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?
Keywords: BALANCES,CHARACTER,DISHONESTY,PURITY,WEIGHTS
Description: Micah 6:11
NET Translation: I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.
DARBY Translation: Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
KJV Translation: Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Keywords: BRIBERY,CHARACTER,COURT,COVETOUSNESS,JUDGE,JUSTICE,RULERS,SIN
Description: Micah 7:3
NET Translation: They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish, and then they plan it out.
DARBY Translation: Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge [is there] for a reward; and the great [man] uttereth his soul's greed: and [together] they combineD6385 it.
KJV Translation: That they may do evil with both hands earNESTly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Keywords: ASSYRIA,NAHUM,NINEVEH,DISHONESTY,FALSEHOOD,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Nahum 3:1
NET Translation: Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!
DARBY Translation: Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies [and] violence; the prey departeth not.
KJV Translation: Woe to the bloody city! it [is] all full of lies [and] robbery; the prey departeth not;
Verse Intro: The Judgment of Nineveh a Result of Its Sins
Keywords: AMBITION,PRIDE
Description: Habakkuk 2:9
NET Translation: The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his NEST way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.
DARBY Translation: Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his NEST on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil!
KJV Translation: Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his NEST on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Keywords: DISHONESTY,SERVANT
Description: Zephaniah 1:9
NET Translation: On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit.
DARBY Translation: And in that day will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their master's houseD6460 with violence and deceit.
KJV Translation: In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
Keywords: BLASPHEMY,DISHONESTY,FALSE TEACHERS,PUNISHMENT,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Zechariah 5:3
NET Translation: The speaker went on to say, “This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”
DARBY Translation: And he said unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole landD6520: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off according to it on this side; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off according to it on that side.
KJV Translation: Then said he unto me, This [is] the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off [as] on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off [as] on that side according to it.
Keywords: BLASPHEMY,DISHONESTY,FALSE TEACHERS,PERJURY,PUNISHMENT
Description: Zechariah 5:4
NET Translation: “I will send it out,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”
DARBY Translation: I will cause it to go forth, saith Jehovah of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name; and it shall lodge in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
KJV Translation: I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
Keywords: DUTY,GOLDEN RULE,HONESTY,LOVE,NEIGHBOR
Description: Matthew 7:12
NET Translation: In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.
DARBY Translation: Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do *ye* also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
KJV Translation: “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.”
Verse Intro: Kingdom Standard - The Narrow Gate
Keywords: BIRDS,FOX,INSTABILITY,JESUS THE CHRIST,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Matthew 8:20
NET Translation: Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have NESTs, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
DARBY Translation: And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.
KJV Translation: And Jesus saith unto him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air” [have] “NESTs; but the Son of man hath not where to lay” [his] “head.”
Keywords: BIRDS,GOSPEL,JESUS THE CHRIST,KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,MUSTARD
Description: Matthew 13:32
NET Translation: It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and NEST in its branches.”
DARBY Translation: which is less indeed than all seeds, but when it is grown is greater than herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches.
KJV Translation: “Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.”
Keywords: BACKSLIDERS,CHICKENS,CONTINGENCIES,GOD,HEN,IMPENITENCE,JERUSALEM,JESUS THE CHRIST,PROPHETS,SALVATION,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Matthew 23:37
NET Translation: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
DARBY Translation: Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would ID6902 have gathered thy children as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
KJV Translation: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,” [thou] “that killest the prophets, and stoNEST them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under” [her] “wings, and ye would not!”
Verse Intro: Lament Over and Judgment of Israel
Description: Mark 4:32
NET Translation: when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can NEST in its shade.”
DARBY Translation: and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its shadow.
KJV Translation: “But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.”
Keywords: ADULTERY,CHILDREN,HOMICIDE,HONESTY,MOTHER,OBEDIENCE,QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS
Description: Mark 10:19
NET Translation: You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”
DARBY Translation: Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.
KJV Translation: “Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.”
Keywords: BAPTISM,HONESTY,PUBLICANS
Description: Luke 3:12
NET Translation: Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
DARBY Translation: And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
KJV Translation: Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY,TAX
Description: Luke 3:13
NET Translation: He told them, “Collect no more than you are required to.”
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Take no more [money] than what is appointed to you.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
Keywords: GOLDEN RULE,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,LOVE
Description: Luke 6:31
NET Translation: Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.
DARBY Translation: And as ye wish that men should do to you, do *ye* also to them in like manner.
KJV Translation: “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.”
Keywords: LIBERALITY,PRAYER
Description: Luke 7:4
NET Translation: When they came to Jesus, they urged him earNESTly, “He is worthy to have you do this for him,
DARBY Translation: But they, being come to Jesus, besought him diligently, saying, He is worthy to whom thou shouldest grant this,
KJV Translation: And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
Keywords: HEART,OBEDIENCE,PATIENCE,RIGHTEOUSNESS
Description: Luke 8:15
NET Translation: But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an hoNEST and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.
DARBY Translation: But that in the good ground, these are they whoD7269 in an hoNEST and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
KJV Translation: “But that on the good ground are they, which in an hoNEST and good heart, having heard the word, keep” [it], “and bring forth fruit with patience.”
Keywords: FAITH
Description: Luke 9:21
NET Translation: But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone,
DARBY Translation: But, earNESTly charging them, he enjoined [them] to say this to no man,
KJV Translation: And he straitly charged them, and commanded [them] to tell no man that thing;
Keywords: FOX,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Luke 9:58
NET Translation: Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have NESTs, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
DARBY Translation: And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.
KJV Translation: And Jesus said unto him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air” [have] “NESTs; but the Son of man hath not where to lay” [his] “head.”
Keywords: GOSPEL,JESUS THE CHRIST,KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
Description: Luke 13:19
NET Translation: It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds NESTed in its branches.”
DARBY Translation: It is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.
KJV Translation: “It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.”
Keywords: FORMALISM,JESUS THE CHRIST,JUDGMENT,REPROBACY,SEEKERS,SELF-DELUSION,STRAIT GATE,WICKED (PEOPLE)
Description: Luke 13:24
NET Translation: “Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.
DARBY Translation: Strive with earNESTness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
KJV Translation: “Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.”
Keywords: CHICKENS,GOD,HEN,IMPENITENCE,PROPHECIES CONCERNING ISRAEL,JERUSALEM,JESUS THE CHRIST,PROPHETS,UNBELIEF
Description: Luke 13:34
NET Translation: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
DARBY Translation: Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the [city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would ID7342 have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would notD7343.
KJV Translation: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stoNEST them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen” [doth gather] “her brood under” [her] “wings, and ye would not!”
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,REPROOF,COVETOUSNESS,DISHONESTY,EMBEZZLEMENT,MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE,PROBATION,SERVANT,STEWARD,WORLDLINESS
Description: Luke 16:1
NET Translation: Jesus also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
DARBY Translation: And he said also to [his] disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and *he* was accused to him as wasting his goods.
KJV Translation: And he said also unto his disciples, “There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.”
Verse Intro: Parable of the Clever House Steward
Keywords: LIGHT,WISDOM
Description: Luke 16:8
NET Translation: The master commended the dishoNEST manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light.
DARBY Translation: And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this worldD7357 are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.
KJV Translation: “And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.”
Keywords: FAITHFULNESS,INJUSTICE,INTEGRITY
Description: Luke 16:10
NET Translation: “The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishoNEST in a very little is also dishoNEST in much.
DARBY Translation: He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.
KJV Translation: “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.”
Keywords: HELL
Description: Luke 16:28
NET Translation: (for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don’t come into this place of torment.’
DARBY Translation: for I have five brothers, so that he may earNESTly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
KJV Translation: “For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.”
Keywords: FEASTS,JESUS THE CHRIST,PASSOVER
Description: Luke 22:15
NET Translation: And he said to them, “I have earNESTly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, “ With desire I have desiredK6696to eat this passover with you before I suffer:”
Keywords: JESUS THE CHRIST,PRAYER,SWEAT
Description: Luke 22:44
NET Translation: And in his anguish he prayed more earNESTly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]
DARBY Translation: And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth.
KJV Translation: And being in an agony he prayed more earNESTly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Keywords: FALSEHOOD
Description: Luke 22:56
NET Translation: Then a slave girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, “This man was with him too!”
DARBY Translation: And a certain maid, having seen him sitting by the light, and having fixed her eyes upon him, said, And this [man] was with him.
KJV Translation: But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earNESTly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
Keywords: CLEOPAS
Description: Luke 24:18
NET Translation: Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn’t know the things that have happened there in these days?”
DARBY Translation: And one [of them], named Cleopas, answering said to him, Thou sojourNEST alone in Jerusalem, and dost not know what has taken place in it in these days?
KJV Translation: And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,DISHONESTY,HYPOCRISY,JUDAS (JUDE),POOR,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: John 12:6
NET Translation: (Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.)
DARBY Translation: But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into [it].
KJV Translation: This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
Keywords: COURAGE,HUMILITY,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,MIRACLES,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Acts 3:12
NET Translation: When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety?
DARBY Translation: And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, Men of Israel, why are ye astonished at this? or why do ye gaze on us as if we had by our own power or piety made him to walk?
KJV Translation: And when Peter saw [it], he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earNESTly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
Keywords: CHURCH,HOLY SPIRIT,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,SEVEN,STEPHEN
Description: Acts 6:3
NET Translation: But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task.
DARBY Translation: Look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men, well reported of, full of [the] [Holy] Spirit and wisdom, whom we will establish over this business:
KJV Translation: Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of hoNEST report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CRIMINALS,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PRAYER,PRISON
Description: Acts 12:5
NET Translation: So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earNESTly praying to God for him.
DARBY Translation: Peter therefore was kept in the prison; but unceasing prayer was made by the assembly to God concerning him.
KJV Translation: Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasingNEST prayer was made." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K6763of the church unto God for him.
Keywords: CONFESSION,JESUS THE CHRIST,SILAS,TIMOTHY
Description: Acts 18:5
NET Translation: Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
DARBY Translation: And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect ofNESTly occupied with.' The Greek word is the same as 'constrains,' 2Cor. 5.14." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D7877 the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the ChristD7878.
KJV Translation: And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that] Jesus [was] Christ.
Keywords: PRISONERS,SELF-DEFENSE,CONSCIENCE,COURT,DEFENSE,INTEGRITY,OBEDIENCE,PAUL,PRIEST
Description: Acts 23:1
NET Translation: Paul looked directly at the council and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”
DARBY Translation: And Paul, fixing his eyes on the council, said, BrethrenD7922, I have walked in all good conscience with God unto this day.
KJV Translation: And Paul, earNESTly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,HOLINESS,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,OBEDIENCE,SINLESSNESS
Description: Acts 24:16
NET Translation: This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.
DARBY Translation: For this cause I also exercise [myself] to have in everything a conscience without offence towards God and men.
KJV Translation: And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and [toward] men.
Keywords: HOPE,IMMORTALITY,JESUS THE CHRIST
Description: Acts 26:7
NET Translation: a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earNESTly serve God night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, Your Majesty!
DARBY Translation: to which our whole twelve tribes servingD7932 incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews.
KJV Translation: Unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, instantly serving [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
Keywords: ROME,SIN,DEPRAVITY OF MAN,EXCUSES,GENTILES,HYPOCRISY,INCONSISTENCY,SELF-CONDEMNATION,UNCHARITABLENESS
Description: Romans 2:1
NET Translation: Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.
DARBY Translation: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one who judgest, for in that in which thou judgest another, thou condemNESTNEST' are from the same root." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D7983 thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
KJV Translation: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemNEST thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Verse Intro: The Verdict Against the Moral
Keywords: EARTH,RESURRECTION
Description: Romans 8:19
NET Translation: For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.
DARBY Translation: For the anxiousD8082 looking out of the creature expects the revelation of the sons of God:
KJV Translation: For the earNEST expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Keywords: SUFFERING
Description: Romans 9:3
NET Translation: For I could wish that I myself were accursed—cut off from Christ—for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,
DARBY Translation: for I have wished, I myself, to be a curse from the Christ for my brethrenNEST appeal, as beside himself." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D8094, my kinsmen, according to flesh;
KJV Translation: For I could wish that myself were accursedK6840from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Keywords: FORGIVENESS,RETALIATION,REVENGE
Description: Romans 12:17
NET Translation: Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.
DARBY Translation: recompensing to no one evil for evil: providingD8157 things hoNEST before all men:
KJV Translation: Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things hoNEST in the sight of all men.
Keywords: ADULTERY,CHASTITY,CONTINENCE,DARKNESS,DRUNKENNESS,ENVY,GLUTTONY,LASCIVIOUSNESS,STRIFE,WALKING
Description: Romans 13:13
NET Translation: Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy.
DARBY Translation: As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and lasciviousness, not in strife and emulation.
KJV Translation: Let us walk hoNESTlyK6864, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Keywords: HOLINESS,MIRACLES
Description: 1 Corinthians 12:31
NET Translation: But you should be eager for the greater gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.
DARBY Translation: But desire earNESTly the greater gifts, and yet shew I unto you a way of more surpassing excellence.
KJV Translation: But covet earNESTly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
Keywords: CORINTH,LANGUAGE,TONGUE,LOVE,MIRACLES,PREACHING
Description: 1 Corinthians 14:1
NET Translation: Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
DARBY Translation: Follow after love, and be emulousNESTly,' as vers. 12 and 39, and ch. 12.31." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D8335 of spiritual [manifestations], but rather that ye may prophesy.
KJV Translation: Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.
Verse Intro: Prophecy and Toungues in the Church
Keywords: BLESSING,EARNEST,HOLY SPIRIT,PERSEVERANCE,REGENERATION,SANCTIFICATION,SEAL,SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES,TRINITY
Description: 2 Corinthians 1:22
NET Translation: who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.
DARBY Translation: who also has sealed us, and given the earNEST of the Spirit in our hearts.
KJV Translation: Who hath also sealed us, and given the earNEST of the Spirit in our hearts.
Keywords: HONESTY,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,RIGHTEOUS,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 2 Corinthians 4:1
NET Translation: Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
DARBY Translation: Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
KJV Translation: Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
Verse Intro: The Apostle's Ministry is in the Power of the Spirit
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,DECEIT,HONESTY,HYPOCRISY,INTEGRITY,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,RIGHTEOUS,TRUTH,WORD OF GOD,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 2 Corinthians 4:2
NET Translation: But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.
DARBY Translation: But we have rejected the hidden things of shameD8408, not walking in deceit, nor falsifying the word of God, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.
KJV Translation: But have renounced the hidden things of dishoNESTyK6962, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
Keywords: DEATH
Description: 2 Corinthians 5:2
NET Translation: For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,
DARBY Translation: For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which [is] fromD8420 heaven;
KJV Translation: For in this we groan, earNESTly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
Keywords: BLESSING,EARNEST,GOD,HOLY SPIRIT,REGENERATION,TRINITY
Description: 2 Corinthians 5:5
NET Translation: Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
DARBY Translation: Now he that has wrought us for this very thing [is] God, who also has given to us the earNEST of the Spirit.
KJV Translation: Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath given unto us the earNEST of the Spirit.
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 2 Corinthians 7:2
NET Translation: Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.
DARBY Translation: Receive us: we have injured no one, we have ruinedD8454 no one, we have made gain of no one.
KJV Translation: Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
Keywords: LOVE,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,TITUS
Description: 2 Corinthians 7:7
NET Translation: We were encouraged not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement you gave him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your deep concern for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever.
DARBY Translation: and not by his coming only, but also through the encouragement with which he was encouraged as to you; relating to us your ardent desire, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I the more rejoiced.
KJV Translation: And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earNEST desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
Description: 2 Corinthians 8:4
NET Translation: begging us with great earNESTness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.
DARBY Translation: begging of us with much entreaty [to give effect to] the graceD8466 and fellowship of the service which [was to be rendered] to the saints.
KJV Translation: Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
Keywords: THANKFULNESS,TITUS,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 2 Corinthians 8:16
NET Translation: But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you,
DARBY Translation: But thanks [be] to God, who gives the same diligent zeal for you in the heart of Titus.
KJV Translation: But thanks [be] to God, which put the same earNEST care into the heart of Titus for you.
Verse Intro: Titus Sent on Mission to Help Administer the Collection
Keywords: HONESTY,INTEGRITY
Description: 2 Corinthians 8:21
NET Translation: For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.
DARBY Translation: for we provideD8473 for things hoNEST, not only before [the] Lord, but also before men.
KJV Translation: Providing for hoNEST things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,HOLINESS,INTERCESSION
Description: 2 Corinthians 13:7
NET Translation: Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, but so that you may do what is right even if we may appear to have failed the test.
DARBY Translation: But we pray to God that ye may do nothing evil; not that *we* may appear approved, but that *ye* may do what is right, and *we* be as reprobates.
KJV Translation: Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is hoNEST, though we be as reprobates.
Keywords: EARNEST,GOD,GOSPEL,HOLINESS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES
Description: Ephesians 1:14
NET Translation: who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
DARBY Translation: who is [the] earNEST of our inheritance toNEST;' thus, 'Ye have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, (who is the earNEST of our inheritance,) for,' &c." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D8607 the redemption of the acquired possession to [the] praise of his glory.
KJV Translation: Which is the earNEST of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Keywords: FRUGALITY,INDUSTRY,LABOR,LIBERALITY,POOR,THEFT AND THIEVES
Description: Ephesians 4:28
NET Translation: The one who steals must steal no longer; instead he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he will have something to share with the one who has need.
DARBY Translation: Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is hoNEST with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.
KJV Translation: Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to giveK7027to him that needeth.
Keywords: DEATH,DECISION,HOPE,LOVE,RESIGNATION,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Philippians 1:20
NET Translation: My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.
DARBY Translation: according to my earNESTNEST' gives this idea here. 'the constant looking out that it should be so." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">D8683 expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but in all boldness, as always, now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether by life or by death.
KJV Translation: According to my earNEST expectation and [my] hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether [it be] by life, or by death.
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,HOLINESS,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,PURITY,RIGHTEOUS,TRUTH,VIRTUE
Description: Philippians 4:8
NET Translation: Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.
DARBY Translation: For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things [are] true, whatsoever things [are] nobleD8719, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] amiableD8720, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue and if any praise, think on these things.
KJV Translation: Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] hoNESTK7056, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.
Keywords: HEART,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,REVERENCE,SERVANT
Description: Colossians 3:22
NET Translation: Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching—like those who are strictly people-pleasers—but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
DARBY Translation: Bondmen, obey in all things your masters according to flesh; not with eye-services, as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing the Lord.
KJV Translation: Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Verse Intro: Living Examples - Servants and Masters
Keywords: EPAPHRAS,INTERCESSION,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,PERFECTION
Description: Colossians 4:12
NET Translation: Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
DARBY Translation: Epaphras, who is [one] of you, [the] bondman of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always combating earNESTly for you in prayers, to the end that ye may stand perfect and completeD8778 in all [the] willD8779 of God.
KJV Translation: Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Keywords: PAUL,PERSECUTION,PHILIPPI,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 1 Thessalonians 2:2
NET Translation: But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.
DARBY Translation: but, having suffered before and been insulted, even as ye know, in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the glad tidings of God with much earNEST striving.
KJV Translation: But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
Keywords: GRACE OF GOD,INTERCESSION,PERFECTION,PRAYERFULNESS
Description: 1 Thessalonians 3:10
NET Translation: We pray earNESTly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.
DARBY Translation: night and day beseeching exceedingly to the end that we may see your face, and perfect what is lacking in your faith?
KJV Translation: Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
Keywords: COMMANDMENTS,DISHONESTY
Description: 1 Thessalonians 4:6
NET Translation: In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.
DARBY Translation: not overstepping the rights of and wronging his brother in the matterD8803, because the Lord [is] the avenger of all these things, even as we also told you before, and have fully testified.
KJV Translation: That no [man] go beyond and defraudK7086his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Keywords: EVIL,HONESTY,INDUSTRY,LABOR
Description: 1 Thessalonians 4:11
NET Translation: to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.
DARBY Translation: and to seek earNESTly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your [own] hands, even as we charged you,
KJV Translation: And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Keywords: EVIL,HONESTY,INDUSTRY,JESUS THE CHRIST,LABOR
Description: 1 Thessalonians 4:12
NET Translation: In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.
DARBY Translation: that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no oneD8806.
KJV Translation: That ye may walk hoNESTly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothingK7089.
Keywords: CITIZENS,COMMANDMENTS,INTERCESSION,KING,NATION,PEACE,RULERS
Description: 1 Timothy 2:2
NET Translation: even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
DARBY Translation: for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;
KJV Translation: For kings, and [for] all that are in authorityK7106; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and hoNESTy.
Keywords: FAITH,FIGHT OF FAITH,HOLINESS,IMMORTALITY,LIFE,MEEKNESS,TESTIMONY,TIMOTHY,WAR
Description: 1 Timothy 6:12
NET Translation: Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses.
DARBY Translation: Strive earNESTly [in] the good conflict of faithD8890. Lay holdD8891 of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.
KJV Translation: Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Keywords: LOVE
Description: 2 Timothy 1:4
NET Translation: As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.
DARBY Translation: earNESTly desiring to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
KJV Translation: Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
Keywords: DOCTRINES,INFLUENCE,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,STRIFE,VANITY,WORDS
Description: 2 Timothy 2:14
NET Translation: Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.
DARBY Translation: Of these things put in remembrance, testifying earNESTly before the Lord not to have disputes of words, profitable for nothing, to the subversion of the hearers.
KJV Translation: Of these things put [them] in remembrance, charging [them] before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, [but] to the subverting of the hearers.
Verse Intro: Dealing with False Teachers
Keywords: COVETOUSNESS,DOCTRINES,SACRILEGE,SPEAKING
Description: Titus 1:11
NET Translation: who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishoNEST gain what ought not to be taught.
DARBY Translation: who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not [to be taught] for the sake of base gain.
KJV Translation: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
Keywords: RIGHTEOUSNESS,WORKS
Description: Titus 3:14
NET Translation: Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.
DARBY Translation: and let ours also learn to apply themselves to good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful.
KJV Translation: And let ours also learn to maintain good worksNEST trades." href="#" data-html="true" data-toggle="tooltip">K7158for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
Description: Hebrews 1:11
NET Translation: They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment,
DARBY Translation: They shall perish, but *thou* continuest still; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
KJV Translation: They shall perish; but thou remaiNEST; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
Keywords: DECISION,JUDGMENTS,PERSEVERANCE,WATCHFULNESS,WORD OF GOD
Description: Hebrews 2:1
NET Translation: Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
DARBY Translation: For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things [we have] heard, lest in any way we should slip away.
KJV Translation: Therefore we ought to give the more earNEST heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let [them] slip.
Verse Intro: Need to be Moored so as Not to Drift Away
Keywords: ASSURANCE,BLESSING,COMMANDMENTS,DILIGENCE,HOPE,PERSEVERANCE
Description: Hebrews 6:11
NET Translation: But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,
DARBY Translation: But we desire earNESTlyD9040 that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
KJV Translation: And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
Keywords: GLUTTONY,IMPENITENCE,REPENTANCE
Description: Hebrews 12:17
NET Translation: For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.
DARBY Translation: for ye know that also afterwards, desiring to inheritD9149 the blessing, he was rejected, (for he found no place for repentance) although he sought it earNESTly with tears.
KJV Translation: For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentanceK7215, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Keywords: CONSCIENCE,HONESTY,INTEGRITY,INTERCESSION,MINISTER,CHRISTIAN,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Hebrews 13:18
NET Translation: Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect.
DARBY Translation: Pray for us: for we persuade ourselves that we have a good conscience, in all things desirous to walk rightly.
KJV Translation: Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live hoNESTly.
Keywords: DISHONESTY,EMPLOYEE,EMPLOYER,LABOR,MASTER,OPPRESSION,POOR,SERVANT,WAGES
Description: James 5:4
NET Translation: Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
DARBY Translation: Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of [the] Lord of sabaothD9210.
KJV Translation: Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Keywords: AFFLICTED,AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,JOY,PRAISE,RESIGNATION
Description: James 5:13
NET Translation: Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.
DARBY Translation: Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.
KJV Translation: Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Verse Intro: EarNEST Prayer for the Sick and Sinners
Keywords: BLESSING,ELIJAH,METEOROLOGY AND CELESTIAL PHENOMENA,PRAYER,RAIN
Description: James 5:17
NET Translation: Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earNESTly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!
DARBY Translation: Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;
KJV Translation: Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earNESTlyK7252that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
Keywords: BROTHER,FRATERNITY,HEART,HOLY SPIRIT,LOVE,PURITY,REGENERATION,SINCERITY,TRUTH
Description: 1 Peter 1:22
NET Translation: You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earNESTly from a pure heart.
DARBY Translation: Having purified your souls by obedience to the truth to unfeigned brotherly love, love one another out of a pure heart fervently;
KJV Translation: Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Keywords: BABES,CHILDREN,HUNGER,MILK,RIGHTEOUS,SINCERITY,WORD OF GOD,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: 1 Peter 2:2
NET Translation: And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,
DARBY Translation: as newborn babes desire earNESTly the pure mentalD9235 milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
KJV Translation: As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Keywords: GLORIFYING GOD,HOLINESS,HONESTY,INFLUENCE,INTEGRITY,SLANDER,SPEAKING,WORKS
Description: 1 Peter 2:12
NET Translation: and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.
DARBY Translation: having your conversationD9246 hoNEST among the Gentiles, that [as to that] in whichD9247 they speak against you as evildoers, they may through [your] good works, [themselves] witnessing [them], glorify God in [the] day of visitation.
KJV Translation: Having your conversation hoNEST among the Gentiles: that, whereasK7261they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Keywords: ADULTERY,CHARACTER,COVETOUSNESS,HEART,INSTABILITY
Description: 2 Peter 2:14
NET Translation: Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
DARBY Translation: having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring uNESTablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousnessD9328, children of curse;
KJV Translation: Having eyes full of adulteryK7280, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
Description: Jude 1:3
NET Translation: Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earNESTly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.
DARBY Translation: Beloved, using all diligence to write to you of our common salvation, I have been obliged to write to you exhorting [you] to contend earNESTly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
KJV Translation: Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort [you] that ye should earNESTly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Verse Intro: False Teachers that have Entered are Condemned
Keywords: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES,CHASTISEMENT,COMMANDMENTS,JESUS THE CHRIST,REPENTANCE,RELIGIOUS ZEAL
Description: Revelation 3:19
NET Translation: All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earNEST and repent!
DARBY Translation: I rebuke and discipline as many as I loveD9482; be zealous therefore and repent.
KJV Translation: “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”