Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!"

At the time of the evening sacrifice, I arose from my discouragement. Still in my torn garment and robe, I fell to my knees with my hands outstretched to the LORD my God,

Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, and our children are just like their children, still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people."

Notwithstanding, I sent messengers unto them, saying, "I have a great business to do, I cannot come down. The work should stand still, if I were negligent, and came down to you."

I said to them, “Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while the watchmen are still standing guard, have them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from the residents of Jerusalem, each at his post [on the wall], and each in front of his own house.”

And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy; neither be grieved.

Even then, in your great mercy, you did not give them up in the waste land: the pillar of cloud still went before them by day, guiding them on their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light, and make clear the way they were to go.

“Yet You were patient with them for many years,
And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets;
Still they would not listen.
Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.

But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:

And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

Esther still had not revealed her birthplace or her ethnic background, as Mordecai had directed. She obeyed Mordecai’s orders, as she always had while he raised her.

When they had warned him day after day and he still would not listen to them, they told Haman to see if Mordecai’s actions would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.

Still, none of this satisfies me since I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the King’s Gate all the time.”

As they [were] still speaking with him the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed, "Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!" As these words left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants {by the edge of the sword}, but I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.

Why didn't I die while I was still in the womb, or die while I was being born?

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,
And I am not at rest, and yet trouble still comes [upon me].”

It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

because though he wounds, but then applies bandages; though he strikes, his hands still heal.

And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Please turn, let no injustice happen; indeed, turn, {my righteousness is still intact}.

While still uncut shoots,
they would dry up quicker than any other plant.

He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting.

I would still live in terror of all my pains.
I know You will not acquit me.

you'll still drop me into the Pit, and my own clothes will despise me.

If I am wicked, woe to me. If I am righteous, I still shall not lift up my head, being filled with disgrace, and conscious of my affliction.

Even if He kills me, I will hope in Him.
I will still defend my ways before Him.

Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.

Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.

“It will be fulfilled while he still lives,
And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].

Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

“Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?

Their children are established while they are still alive,
and their descendants, before their eyes.

"I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning.

They press out oil between their walls; they tread their winepresses, and still suffer thirst.

“He stirred up the sea by His power,
And by His understanding He smashed [proud] Rahab.

As long as my life is within me,
And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,

When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

when Shaddai[was] still with me, my children [were] all around me,

when the mighty kept still their voice, and when their tongues cleaved to the roof of their mouths;

I cry out for help unto thee, and thou dost not answer, I stand still, and thou dost gaze at me;

My bowels are in turmoil, and they are not still; days of misery come to confront me.

When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

Mark well, O Job, and hear me: hold thee still until I have spoken.

Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.

For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

But surely not. Learn thou Job not to still give an answer like the foolish,

“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you,
That there is yet more to say on God’s behalf.

They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind ?

Will the unicorn be so tame as to do the service, or to abide still by thy crib?

“With fierceness and rage he races to devour the ground,
And he does not stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet.

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Though an army deploys against me,
my heart is not afraid;
though a war breaks out against me,
still I am confident.

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

The Lord sat as King at the flood;
Yes, the Lord sits as King forever.

Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.

Be still before the Lord; wait patiently for Him and entrust yourself to Him;
Do not fret (whine, agonize) because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.

I became dumb, keeping still; I was silent, from good; and my pain was stirred.

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance -- My God!

Deep waters call out to what is deeper still; at the roar of your waterfalls all your breakers and your waves swirled over me.

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

{To the Chanter, for by Jeduthun, a Psalm of David} My soul truly waiteth still upon God; for of him cometh my salvation.

Who stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples,

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

God, You have taught me from my youth,
and I still proclaim Your wonderful works.

But still I am ever with you; you have taken me by my right hand.

At Your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both chariot and horse lay still.

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be born
May arise and recount them to their children,

Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

They had not yet turned aside from their craving, [while] their food [was] still in their mouth,

For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

{A Song or Psalm of Asaph.} Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

You rule the swelling of the sea;
When its waves rise, You still them.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.

I still had faith, though I said, I am in great trouble;