But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell upon his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

But he said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found, he will become my slave. But as for you, go up in peace to your father."

And his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which field Abraham had bought as a burial site from Ephron the Hittite before Mamre.

But [as for] you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the presence of Yahweh God."

And you may pass them on as an inheritance to your sons after you to take possession of as property {for all time}--you may let them work. But [as for] your countrymen, the {Israelites}, you shall not rule with ruthlessness over {one another}.

And the priest shall set a value on it, {either good or bad}; as the priest [sets] your proper value, so it shall be.

but as I [am] alive, the glory of Yahweh will fill all the earth.

the declaration of the hearer of God's words, who sees the revelation of Shaddai, falling down but [whose] eyes are uncovered.

But if it is bad in your eyes to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you want to serve, whether it is the gods that your ancestors served beyond the river, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you [are] living; but as for me and my household, we will serve Yahweh."

Then David {took an oath} again and said, "Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thought, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he worry.' But {as Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, surely [there is] merely a step between me and death!"

Should a man arise to pursue you and to seek your life, may the life of my lord be wrapped in the pouch of the living with Yahweh your God. But as for the life of your enemy, he will sling it from within the pocket of the sling!

But {as Yahweh lives}, the God of Israel who has prevented me from harming you, if you had not hurried and come to meet me, surely there would not have been {one male} left alive for Nabal by the light of morning!"

Then the king said, "But [is] there still anyone of Saul's household that I may show the loyal love of God with him?" And Ziba said to the king, "There [is] still a son of Jonathan [who is] lame in the feet."

But as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all of Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

But as for the {Israelites} who were living in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam ruled over them.

But as for us, Yahweh [is] our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests serving Yahweh [are] the sons of Aaron, the Levites, according to their service.

But as for you, be strong and let not your hands be weak, for there is reward for your labor."

"But as for me, I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."

{But as for me}, through the abundance of your steadfast love I will enter your house. I will bow down toward {your holy temple} in awe [of] you.

But as for me, I have trusted in your steadfast love. My heart will rejoice in your deliverance.

But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me.

But as for me, I had said in my prosperity, "I shall not be moved ever."

But as for me, I trust you, O Yahweh. I say, "You [are] my God."

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was] sackcloth. I weakened my soul with fasting, and my prayer {returned to me unanswered}.

But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.

But as for me, I will sing [of] your strength, and I will hail your loyal love in the morning, because you have been my [high] stronghold and a refuge in my {time} of trouble.

But as for them [who] seek my life for ruin, they will go into the depths of the earth.

But as for me, my prayer [is] to you, O Yahweh, for a favorable time, O God, according to the abundance of your loyal love. Answer me with the faithfulness of your salvation.

But as for me, [though] I [am] afflicted and pained, your salvation will protect me, O God.

But as for me, I will hope continually and increase your praise.

But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled. My steps had nearly slipped,

But as for me, the approach to God [is] for my good. I have set the Lord Yahweh [as] my refuge, in order to tell all your works.

But as for me, I will proclaim forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.

But as for me, I cry for help to you, O Yahweh, and in the morning my prayer comes before you.

to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.

A deep pit is the mouth of an {adulteress}, [he with whom] Yahweh is angry will fall there.

For a deep pit is a prostitute, and a narrow well is {an adulteress}.

He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.

When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint, but as for he who guards instruction, happiness [is] his.

A poor but wise youth [is] better than an old but foolish king who no longer knows {how to receive advice}.

But [as for] you, you are thrown away from your grave, like an abhorrent shoot, clothed with [the] slain, those pierced [by the] sword, those who go down to [the] stones of [the] pit, like a corpse that is trodden down.

For the bed is too short {to stretch out on}, and the covering is [too] narrow when wrapping oneself.

Let my persecutors be put to shame, {but as for me}, [do] not let me be put to shame. Let them be dismayed, {but as for me}, [do] not let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of disaster, and [with] double destruction, destroy them.

but '{As Yahweh lives}, who led up, and who brought the offspring of the house of Israel from [the] land [of the] north and from all the lands where he had driven them.' Then they will live in their land."

But [as for] me, look, I [am] in your hand, do to me what [is] good and right in your eyes.

"But [as for] you, my servant Jacob, you must not be afraid, and Israel, you must not be dismayed, for look, I [am] going to save you from far, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return, and he will be quiet, and he will be at ease, and without [one who] makes [him] afraid.

But {as he rises in power}, his kingdom will be divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, and not according to his dominion [by] which he ruled, for his kingdom will be uprooted and [be given] {to others besides them}.

But [as for] me, I will look to Yahweh; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

but Esau I have hated. I have made his mountain ranges a desolation, and [given] his inheritance to the jackals of [the] desert."

But [as] he was considering these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [as] your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

he said, "Go away, because the girl is not dead, but is sleeping." And they ridiculed him.

He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but [is] for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

And going forward a little he fell down on his face, praying and saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as you [will]."

And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand, but is at an end!

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit does not have forgiveness {forever}, but is guilty of [an] eternal sin"--

And he said to them, "Surely a lamp is not brought so that it may be put under a bushel basket or under a bed, [is it]? [Is it] not so that it may be put on a lampstand?

And [when he] entered, he said to them, "Why are you agitated and weeping? The child is not dead, but is sleeping."

And he ordered them that they should say nothing, but as much as he ordered them [not to], they proclaimed [it] even more instead.

but to sit at my right hand or at [my] left is not mine to grant, but [is] for those for whom it has been prepared."

And they were all weeping and mourning for her, but he said, "Do not weep! For she is not dead, but is sleeping."

But as many as received him--to those who believe in his name--he gave to them authority to become children of God,

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but (as it were) in secret.

So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not mine, but [is] from the one who sent me.

But as many signs [as] he had performed before them, they did not believe in him,

Jesus said to him, "The one who has bathed {only needs} to wash [his] feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not all [of you]."

"But as the time of the promise that God had made to Abraham was drawing near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt

But Paul said to them, "They beat us in public without due process--men who are Roman citizens--[and] threw [us] into prison, and now they are wanting to release us secretly? Certainly not! Rather let them come themselves [and] bring us out!"

And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy [and] put us {on board} it.

just as it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."

Why that? Because [they did] not [pursue it] by faith, but as [if] by works. They stumbled over the {stone that causes people to stumble},

And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual [people], but as to fleshly [people], as to infants in Christ.

For we are not like the majority who peddle the word of God, but as from pure motives--but as from God--we speak before God in Christ.

For if I have boasted anything to him about you, I have not been put to shame, but as I have spoken everything to you in truth, thus also our boasting to Titus {has proven to be true}.

For [this is] not that for others [there may be] relief, [and] for you difficult circumstances, but [as a matter] of equality.

What I am saying in this project of boasting, I am not saying as the Lord [would say], but as in foolishness.

since you are demanding proof that Christ, who [is] not weak toward you, but is powerful among you, is speaking in me.

Now to Abraham and to his descendant the promises were spoken. It does not say, "and to descendants," as concerning many, but as concerning one, "and to your descendant," who is Christ.

But [as] for me, may it never be [that I] boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Therefore, consider carefully how you live, not as unwise but as wise,

But as the church is subject to Christ, thus also wives [should be subject] to their husbands in everything.

not {while being watched}, as people pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart,

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same [things] to you [is] not troublesome to me, but [is] a safeguard for you.

And because of this we also give thanks to God constantly, that [when you] received God's word {that you heard} from us, you accepted [it] not [as the] word of men, but as [it] truly is, [the] word of God, which also is at work in you who believe.

But [as for] you, brothers, do not be discouraged [while] doing what is right.

(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach and your frequent illnesses.)

And someone does not take for himself the honor, but is called by God, just as Aaron also [was].

This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but [is] earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

so that the genuineness of your faith, more valuable than gold that is passing away, but is tested by fire, may be found to [result in] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

but as the one who called you [is] holy, [you] yourselves be holy in all [your] conduct,

[Live] as free [persons], and not using your freedom as a covering for evil, but as slaves of God.

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

because everything [that is] in the world--the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance of material possessions--is not from the Father, but is from the world.

And [as for] you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not have need that anyone teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all [things], and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you reside in him.

But [as] for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share [is] in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.