And Josiah gave to the common people in lambs and kids, for Passover offerings only, unto all that were present thirty thousand by tally, and three thousand oxen; even of the king's substance.

O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.

Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.

I got up at night and took a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal I took was the one I was riding.

I accused them, "To the best of our ability, we've been buying back our fellow Jews who had been sold to foreigners. Even now you're selling your fellow countrymen, only for them to be sold back to us!" They kept quiet and never spoke a word.

Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.

But I said, “Should a man like me flee [in fear and hide]? Should someone like me enter the temple [for sanctuary] to save his life? I will not go.”

Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.

You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. It was only later that I asked the king for a leave of absence

Half of their children spoke Ashdodite and could not speak Judean, but [only] the tongues of other nations.

The drinking was carried on in accordance with the law; no one was compelled [to drink], for the king had directed each official of his household to comply with each guest’s wishes.

And second only to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who were friends of the king, and had the first places in the kingdom:)

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by name did she go in to him again.

But {he considered it beneath him} to lay hands on Mordecai only, for they told him of Mordecai's people, and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who [were] in the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

He only went as far as the King’s Gate, since the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering the King’s Gate.

“All the royal officials and the people of the royal provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner courtyard and who has not been summoned—the death penalty. Only if the king extends the gold scepter will that person live. I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the last 30 days.”

Haman said, "Furthermore, Queen Esther invited only me to accompany the king to the banquet that she prepared! And also tomorrow I am invited along with the king.

for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the trouble would not be commensurate with the annoyance to the king.”

Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, famous among the Jews, and highly popular with many of his relatives. He continued to seek good for his people and to speak for the welfare of all his descendants.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself put not forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

and they of Sheba fell upon them and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

and behold, there came a great wind from over the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.

So Yahweh said to Satan, "{All right}, he [is] in your {power}. Only spare his life."

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.

If only that day had turned to darkness!
May God above not care about it,
or light shine on it.

If only darkness had taken that night away!
May it not appear among the days of the year
or be listed in the calendar.

along with kings and counselors of the earth, who used to build for themselves what are now only ruins,

"If only my vexation could be well weighed, and my calamity could be lifted up together [with it] in [the] balances,

If only my request would be granted
and God would provide what I hope for:

If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

Wherefore look not only upon me, but upon yourselves: whether I lie, or no.

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.

Even if I were in the right, I could not answer.
I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

“Then I would speak [my defense] and not fear Him;
But I am not like that in myself.

Can you live only as long as a human being? Or live the years of a mortal man?

Should men give ear unto thee only? Thou wilt laugh other men to scorn; and shall nobody mock thee again?

But if only God would speak
and declare His case against you,

“But a hollow (empty-headed) man will become intelligent and wise
[Only] when the colt of a wild donkey is born as a man.

For you will forget your suffering,
recalling it only as waters that have flowed by.

But the sight of the wicked will fail.
Their way of escape will be cut off,
and their only hope is their last breath.

“No doubt you are the [only wise] people [in the world],
And wisdom will die with you!

“But [only] with Him are [perfect] wisdom and might;
He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding.

If only you would shut up
and let that be your wisdom!

Your wise sayings are only dust, and your strong places are only earth.

Lo, He doth slay me -- I wait not! Only, my ways unto His face I argue.

Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from you.

If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.

The days of man are short, the number of his months are known only to thee. Thou hast appointed him his bounds; he cannot go beyond them.

If only You would hide me in Sheol
and conceal me until Your anger passes.
If only You would appoint a time for me
and then remember me.

If thou wouldest but call me, I should obey thee: only despise not the work of thine own hands.

He feels only the pain of his own body, and his inner self mourns for him."

Have you listened in on God's secret council? Have you limited wisdom only to yourself?

unto whom only the land was given, that no stranger should come among them.

Let him not trust in a worthless speech. He leads only himself astray, for emptiness will be his reward.

Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.

"I could also talk like you if only you were in my place! Then I would put together an argument against you. I would shake my head at you

Only, now, it hath wearied me; Thou hast desolated all my company,

For only a few years will pass
before I go the way of no return.

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Only these are tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.

Even if it is true that I have sinned,
my mistake concerns only me.

"He has removed my kinsfolk from me, and my acquaintances have only turned aside from me.

My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.

If only my words were written down; if only they were inscribed in a book

that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?

So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?"

Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.

If only I knew how to find Him,
so that I could go to His throne.

Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.

"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards.

how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot -- a son of man, who is only a worm!"

Lo, these are only parts of his ways: and how little a whisper is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Destruction and Death say, We have only had word of it with our ears.

If only I could be as in months gone by,
in the days when God watched over me,

Unproductive due to poverty and hunger, they could only scratch in parched soil, devastated and desolated.

I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

“You have become harsh and cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You [keep me alive only to] persecute me.

Only, against a heap of ruins, will one not thrust a hand! Surely, when one is in calamity - for that very reason, is there an outcry for help.

But my harp is in mourning; my flute plays only songs for those who are weeping."

if the members of my household have never said, 'If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job's meat!' --

If only I had someone to hear my case!
Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me.
Let my Opponent compose His indictment.

It is not only the old who are wise
or the elderly who understand how to judge.

Shall I continue to wait, since they're no longer talking? After all, they're only standing there; they're no longer responding.

“Behold, I will not make you afraid or terrified of me [for I am only mortal and not God],
Nor should any pressure from me weigh heavily upon you.

“For God speaks once,
And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job].

If he only thought of himself, and gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,

When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

If only Job were tested to the limit,
because his answers are like those of wicked men.

Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

When he began speaking, he communicated only worthlessness; he added words upon words without knowing anything."

“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds
Or the thundering of His pavilion?

and said, "You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?

He is the foremost of God’s works;
only his Maker can draw the sword against him.

Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!

Arrows won't make him flee; stones from a sling are only pebbles to him.

“I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear,
But now my [spiritual] eye sees You.