And he came even before the king's gate, for none might enter inside the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

So Hathach went forth to Mordecai to the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

On that night the king could not sleep. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

Then Haman took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.

And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom thou have begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shal

And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch on which Esther was. Then the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word we

Then Harbonah, one of the chamberlains who were before the king said, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang

On that day king Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman the Jews' enemy to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her.

And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha

On that day the number of those who were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

But when [the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan also came among them.

Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan came also among them to present himself before LORD.

For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water.

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.

It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes. [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],

How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

While it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withers before any [other] herb.

He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.

before I go where I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death,

Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before him.

Yea, thou do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.

Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.

that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?

The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. And all men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

I would set my case in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

Sheol is naked before [God], and Abaddon has no covering.

For he has loosed his cord, and afflicted me. And they have cast off the bridle before me.

If thou can, answer thou me. Set [thy words] in order before me. Stand forth.

He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding. Far be it from me to sin before LORD, and pervert righteousness before the Almighty.

For he needs no further to consider a man, that he should go before God in judgment.

so that we may not add to our sins, and lawlessness will be reckoned against us, speaking many words before LORD.

What [is] this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before LORD?

How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him.

And LORD turned [back] the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends. And LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then there came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that LORD ha

Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of my enemies. Make thy way straight before my face.

I {beheld (LXX/NT)} LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

In my distress I called upon LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.

At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

For all his ordinances were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me.

Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

From thee comes my praise in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to LORD, and all the kinfolk of the nations shall worship before thee.

All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

Thou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Thou have anointed my head with oil. My cup runs over.

For thy loving kindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

O how great is thy goodness, which thou have laid up for those who fear thee, which thou have wrought for those who take refuge in thee before the sons of men!

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes. Nevertheless thou heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.

Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the agent of LORD driving [them] on.

The transgression of the wicked man says within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

LORD, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.

For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me.

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked man is before me.

Behold, thou have made my days [as] handbreadths, and my life-time is as nothing before thee. Surely every man at his best condition is altogether vanity. Selah.

O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go from here, and be no more.

And as for me, thou uphold me in my integrity, and set me before thy face forever.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

All the day long my dishonor is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,

Our God comes, and does not keep silence. A fire devours before him, and it is very tempestuous round about him.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, and thy burnt-offerings [being] continually before me.

These things thou have done, and I kept silence. Thou thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself. [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul. They have not set God before them. Selah.

For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me. They are fallen into the midst of it themselves. Selah.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

He shall abide before God forever. O prepare loving kindness and truth that they may preserve him.

Trust in him at all times, ye people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered. Let also those who hate him flee before him.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

But let the righteous be glad. Let them exult before God. Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name. Cast up a highway for him who rides through the deserts. His name is LORD, and exult ye before him.

O God, when thou went forth before thy people, when thou marched through the wilderness (Selah)

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

Thou know my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor. My adversaries are all before thee.

Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, {and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them (LXX/NT)}.

Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.

So I was brutish, and ignorant. I was a beast before thee.

He also drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee. According to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those who are appointed to death,

Stir up thy might before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, and come to save us.

Thou prepared [place] before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.

O my God, make them like the whirling dust, as stubble before the wind,

They go from strength to strength; each one of them appears before God in Zion.

Righteousness shall go before him, and shall make his footsteps a path.

All nations whom thou have made shall come and worship before thee, O LORD, and they shall glorify thy name.