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,

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra: "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the local peoples. Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard.

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.”

So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not 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.

You prolonged your kindness with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

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 had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders; for Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.

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.”

While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hastily brought Haman to the banquet which 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 he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your 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 its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, then I heard a voice:

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

“But it is still my consolation,
And I rejoice in unsparing pain,
That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.

“While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before 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 takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in 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.

"Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

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

(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)

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.

While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;

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

I cry for help to you, but you won't answer me; I stand still, but you only look at me.

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

And I have waited, but they do not speak, For they have stood still, They have not answered any 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,

Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.

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.

"Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still, and consider the wondrous attributes of God.

You whose garments are hot,
When the land is still because of the south wind?

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

Leaping in his excitement, he takes in the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpets sound!

Tremble, and do not sin;
Meditate in your 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 lets me lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still and quiet waters.

Though there pitch against me - a camp, my heart shall not fear, - Though there come up against me - a battle, still, am I confident.

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD 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 (recognize, understand) that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations! 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,

Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy scalp of one who goes on in his guilty ways.

O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.

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 they still continued to sin against Him
By rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths,

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 to cease, so that the waves 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;

Even rulers have taken their seat, against me, have talked, Thy servant, will still meditate in thy statutes.