So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee; therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies,

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and lovingkindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

and his brethren, 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.

And by the fountain 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 unto the water gate eastward.

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

And 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 till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes 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 crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.

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 peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

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, to the twelfth month , which is the month Adar.

and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

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

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him, for her people.

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

and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

Then took Haman 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 unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

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 whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

And Esther spake 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 sceptre. 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 the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces:

On that day the number of those that 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 Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.

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

For my sighing cometh 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 thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There was'silence, and I heard a voice,'saying ,

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.

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

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Behold, he will slay 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.

Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God.

Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou brought forth before the hills?

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

They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.

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 carrieth away?

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto 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 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 hath no covering.

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

If thou canst, answer thou me; Set thy words in order before me, stand forth.

He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

For he needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.

How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

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

In his neck abideth strength, And terror danceth before him.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.

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

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

In my distress I called upon Jehovah, And cried unto 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 did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto Jehovah; And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he that cannot keep his soul alive.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes; And I have walked in thy truth.

Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that 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 heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving them on.

The transgression of the wicked saith 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 is before me.

Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest 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 hast delivered my soul from death: Hast thou not delivered 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 digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof 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 for ever: Oh prepare lovingkindness 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 them also that hate him flee before him.

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth 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 unto God, sing praises to his name: Cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; His name is Jehovah; and exult ye before him.