He will not break off a bent reed, And he will not put out a smoldering wick, Until he carries his judgment to success.

For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].

And he was preaching, saying, "One [who is] more powerful than I is coming after me, of whom I am not worthy to bend down [and] untie the strap of his sandals.

For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it.

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the High Priests and Scribes were bent on finding how to seize Him by stratagem and put Him to death.

They struck him on the head with a stick and spat upon him and bent their knees to him in homage.

He bent over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up at once and began serving them.

And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.

and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw nigh.'

And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down and saw only the strips of linen cloth; then he went home, wondering what had happened.

They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.

and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, 'The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her;'

And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor.

And Jesus having bent himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, 'Woman, where are those -- thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee?'

Ye are of your father the devil, and are bent upon doing the lusts of your father: he was a murderer from the beginning, and continued not in the truth: for there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh like himself, for he is a liar, and the father of such.

So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.

He bent down and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.

Meanwhile, Mary stood crying outside the tomb. As she cried, she bent over and looked into the tomb.

Truly this therefore purchased a place from the wages of iniquity; and being bent forward, he brake in pieces in the midst, and all his entrails were poured out.

He kept talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews, but they were bent on murdering him.

Now Herod was fiercely bent on war against the Tyrians and Sidonians: but they presented themselves unanimously before him, and ingratiating themselves with Blastus who was over the king's bedchamber, they begged for peace; because their country received all their supply of provisions from the king's territories.

Barnabas, however, was bent on taking with them John, whose other name was Mark,

upon this Paul was bent upon going. to the populace,

But Paul went down, bent over him, took him into his arms, and said, "Stop being alarmed, because he's still alive."

They were bent upon killing him, when it was reported to the Officer commanding the garrison, that all Jerusalem was in commotion.

But Paul said to the centurion who stood by, as he caused him to be bent forward to the straps: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?

But their Captain, bent on securing Paul's safety, kept them from their purpose and gave orders that those who could swim should first jump overboard and get to land;

All have bent aside, together have they become unprofitable: there is none doing good, there is not even one.

But how did God reply to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have never bent their knees to Baal."

Let their eyes be darkened, so they cannot see, and forever bend their backs beneath the load."

Let your love be a real thing, with a loathing for evil and a bent for what is good.

for the same reason as you pay taxes ??since magistrates are God's officers, bent upon the maintenance of order and authority.

So why do you criticize your brother? And you, why do you look down upon your brother? All of us have to stand before the tribunal of God ??11 for it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, every tongue shall offer praise to God.

for the Scripture says: "'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee shall bend before me, and every tongue shall make acknowledgment to God.'"

And I beseech you, brethren, to observe narrowly them having made divisions and scandals against the teaching which ye learned; and bend away from them.

if any man thinks it would be a reflexion upon his manhood to be a stale batchelor, and so ought to marry; let him follow his bent, he is at liberty, let such marry.

but this I do, and shall do, to make them drop their hire, who are so bent upon hire: and then indeed they will be as they pretend to be, like me.

Tell me, you who are bent on being under the Law, do you not listen to [what] the Law [really says]?

For this cause [I bend my knees], I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you gentiles;

On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,

that in the name of Jesus every knee in heaven, on earth, and under the earth should bend,

You unfaithful women, do you not know that friendship with the world means enmity to God? Therefore whoever is bent on being friendly with the world makes himself an enemy to God.

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.

Let him bend away from evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and follow it.

Forsaking the straight road, they have gone astray, having eagerly followed in the steps of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was bent on securing the wages of unrighteousness.

My beloved, as I was strongly bent upon writing to you of our common salvation, I thought it necessary to write to you at present, and exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith, which was once delivered to the saints.

If any one is eager to lead others into captivity, he must himself go into captivity. If any one is bent on killing with the sword, he must himself be killed by the sword. Here is an opportunity for endurance, and for the exercise of faith, on the part of God's people.