The hammer came up upon thy face: press upon the fortress, look about the way, strengthen the loins, make the power strong greatly.

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. And their horsemen press proudly on. Yea, their horsemen come from far. They fly as an eagle that hastens to devour.

before those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the vat to draw out fifty press-measures, there were but twenty.

and if any one will press you to go a mile with him, go with him the other two.

From the days of John the Baptist till now the Realm of heaven suffers violence, and the violent press into it.

'Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

for I was prest with hunger, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

for I was prest with hunger, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

and because they could not come nigh unto him for press, they uncovered the roof of the house where he was. And when they had broken it open, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

but he replied, have ye never read what David, and the rest of the company did, when they were press'd with hunger?

And he told his disciples that a small boat should stand ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press upon him.

For he healed many, so as to press upon him, so that as many as had afflictions might touch him.

After this they went into an house, and the crowd press'd again upon them, so as to hinder them from taking their meal.

so Jesus went with him, attended by a great crowd, that press'd about him.

When she had heard of Jesus: she came into the press behind him, and touched his garment.

And Jesus immediately felt, in himself, the virtue that went out of him, and turned him round about in the press, and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

his disciples replied, you see the multitude press about you, and do you ask, who touched you?

On the morrow when they had left Bethany, he was press'd with hunger.

Then Jesus address'd himself to them in this parabolical manner. a certain person planted a vineyard, made a fence about it, clear'd the way for a wine-press, built a tower, and committed it to the care of vine-dressers, while he was travelling abroad.

When it was day, he retired into a desart place, where the people searching for him, found him out, and as they earnestly press'd him not to leave them,

One day, as the people press'd after him to hear his divine preaching, he came near the lake of Gennesereth,

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the press, they went up on the top of the house, and let him down through the tiling, bed and all, in the midst before Jesus.

but Jesus replied, have you never read what David did, when he and his company were press'd with hunger?

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for press.

because his only daughter, about twelve years old, was dying. While He was going, the crowds of people continued to press upon Him.

And Jesus said, Who is it that touched me? And when all denied, Peter said, and they that were with him, Master, the multitudes press thee and crush thee .

And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and hedges and press [them] to come in, so that my house will be filled!

the law and the prophets are till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

For days will come upon you and your enemies will put up an embankment against you, and will surround you and press you hard from all directions.

But they continued to press him with loud voices in their ceaseless demands that He be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

but they press'd him, saying, stay with us, for it is late and begins to be dark. so he went in to tarry with them.

And he that was healed, wist not who it was. For Jesus had gotten himself away, because that there was press of people in the place.

The other disciples, therefore, were saying unto him - We have seen the Lord! But, he, said unto them - Except I see, in his hands, the print of the nails, and press my finger into the print of the nails, and press my hand into his side, in nowise will I believe.

Then, saith he unto Thomas - Reach thy finger hither, and see my hands, and reach thy hand, and press into my side, - and become not disbelieving, but believing.

And with many other words did he press and exhort them, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.

Certain also of the chief of Asia which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not press into the common hall.

If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.

But when he was on the stairs, it happened that he was borne up by the soldiers, because of the press of the crowd.

Do you not know, brothers -- for I speak to those who are acquainted with the law -- that the law can press its claim over a man only so long as he lives?

and if any one is press'd with hunger, let him eat at home; that ye may not otherwise meet with punishment. as for other matters, I will set them in order when I come.

But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

I am press'd on every side, yet not crush'd; perplexed, but not in despair;

I am doubly press'd between my desire to depart, in order to be with Christ, which is by far the best for ME;

Not that I have already obtained it [this goal of being Christlike] or have already been made perfect, but I actively press on so that I may take hold of that [perfection] for which Christ Jesus took hold of me and made me His own.

I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Press these facts upon them, so that they may live lives free from reproach.

preach the word, press it in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and instruction;

Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth's vine, and flung them into the wine press of God's wrath,

The grapes in the wine press were trodden outside the city, and blood streamed from the wine press until it reached the horses' bridles for a distance of two hundred miles.

From His mouth shot a sharp sword, so that He could smite the nations with it. He will rule them with a scepter of iron, and will tread the wine press of the raging wrath of the Almighty God.

Reuben, my first-born, thou, My vigour, and the first-fruit of my strength, - Pre-eminence of elevation and pre-eminence of power:

And, this, I pray - that, your love, may be, yet more and more, pre-eminent in personal knowledge and all perception,

to effect what thy power and thy wisdom pre-determined to be done.

So, ye, also - since ye are, envious, of spirits, unto the upbuilding of the assembly, seek to be pre-eminent.

he he has deduced all mankind from one parent, to inhabit the surface of the whole earth, having pre-establish'd the appointed periods, and the boundarys of their dominions:

And, he, is the head of the body, the assembly, Who is the beginning, Firstborn from among the dead, in order that, he, might become, in all things, himself, pre-eminent; -

Impetuous as the waters, thou shalt have no pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's couch: Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my bed.

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

For where a testament is, there the death of the testator is necessarily pre-suppos'd.

And now having become evening, since it was the Preparation, that is, pre-Sabbath,

And he may send Christ Jesus who has been pre-ordained for you,

that we should be to the praise of his glory who have pre-trusted in the Christ:

All of these were made with expensive stones, pre-cut according to specifications, hand-sawed inside and out from the foundation to the coping, including from inside to the great court.

And Yahweh thy God will make thee pre-eminent, in every work of thy hand - in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle and in the fruit of thy ground, for good, - for Yahweh will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:

including paying the carpenters, builders, and masons, as well as buying timber and pre-carved stone to repair the Temple.

I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not.

and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent, for He is not a man to be penitent.'

These people have been [specially] selected, and [their acceptance was] pre-planned by God the Father, and they were set apart through [the work of] the Holy Spirit. This resulted in their obedience and sprinkling [Note: This is a figurative reference to the Old Testament practice of cleansing, See Exodus 24:7-8] by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God's unearned favor and peace be continually upon you.

It was by the Holy Spirit that He went to preach [See Eph. 2:17] to the [now departed] spirits [of pre-Flood people who are now] in prison [i.e., Hades].

For the Son of man is certainly going [to die], just as it has been [pre-] determined, but it is too bad for that person through whom He is [to be] betrayed!"

Yet, He was handed over to you so that, by lawless men [i.e., the Romans], He was put to death by crucifixion. Now this was all done in harmony with God's full pre-knowledge and [divine] purpose.

If a serpent will bite without magic; and no pre?minence to the possessor of the tongue.

What then? have we pre-eminence? Not at all: for we have before proved that both the Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

Faithful is the saying, and of these things I wish thee firmly to testify, that they who have believed in God be careful to be pre-eminent in good works. These are becoming and advantageous to men.

And let those who belong to us learn also to be pre-eminent in good works for all necessary calls, that they be not without fruits.

seeing that He has appointed a day on which, before long, He will judge the world in righteousness, through the instrumentality of a man whom He has pre-destined to this work, and has made the fact certain to every one by raising Him from the dead."

The Gentiles listened with delight and extolled the Lord's Message; and all who were pre-destined to the Life of the Ages believed.

For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest in a vast family of brothers;

and those whom He has pre-destined He also has called; and those whom He has called He has also declared free from guilt; and those whom He has declared free from guilt He has also crowned with glory.

But in dealing with truths hitherto kept secret we speak of God's wisdom--that hidden wisdom which, before the world began, God pre-destined, so that it should result in glory to us;

For He pre-destined us to be adopted by Himself as sons through Jesus Christ--such being His gracious will and pleasure--

For we are God's own handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for good works which He has pre-destined us to practise.

For God has not pre-destined us to meet His anger, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ;

has at the end of these days spoken to us through a Son, who is the pre-destined Lord of the universe, and through whom He made the Ages.

He was pre-destined indeed to this work, even before the creation of the world, but has been plainly manifested in these last days for the sake of you who, through Him,

Since all these things are thus pre-destined to dissolution, what sort of men ought you to be found to be in all holy living and godly conduct,

For certain persons have crept in unnoticed--men spoken of in ancient writings as pre-destined to this condemnation--ungodly men, who pervert the grace of our God into an excuse for immorality, and disown Jesus Christ, our only Sovereign and Lord.