Then Ezra rose up from before God's house, and went into the room of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came there, he ate no bread, nor drank water; for he mourned because of their trespass of the captivity.

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the broad place before God's house, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned.

It happened in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence.

He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?"

do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders."

But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

He read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

"So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, do not let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our leaders, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.

By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the City of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,

had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the wave offerings for the priests.

It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his officials and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him.

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the officials her beauty; for she was beautiful.

Memucan answered before the king and the officials, "Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the officials and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.

For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to show contempt for their husbands, when it is reported, 'King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she did not come.'

If it please the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.

In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot) before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

He came even before the king's gate, for no one is allowed inside the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to city square which was before the king's gate.

He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.

And let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble officials, and let him clothe the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, 'Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.'"

Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor."

Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him."

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

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

Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plot 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.

On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.

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

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

For my sighing comes before I eat. 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 couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then 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, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.

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

before I go where I shall not return from, 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 godless man shall not come before him.

Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.

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

It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.

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

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

How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. 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 cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

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

For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.

If you can, answer me. Set your words in order before me, and stand forth.

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

For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

How much less when you say you do not see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him.

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

There is strength in his neck. Terror dances before him.

When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid. They retreat before his thrashing.

The LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. The LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then came there 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. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.

LORD, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will lay my requests before you, and will watch expectantly.

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

I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. 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. I did not put 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.

Of you 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 the LORD. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

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

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.

Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men.

As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.

Let them be as chaff before the wind, The LORD's angel driving them on.

An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.

I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I do not sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."

Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more."

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

All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.

For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

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