'Even' in the Bible

Next to them the Tekoites worked valiantly, even though their leading officials weren't fully dedicated to the work of their lord.

No one neither I, my allies, my servants, nor the bodyguards who accompanied me changed clothes. Everyone carried a weapon even while going for water.

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.

Nevertheless, the former governors before me placed a heavy burden on the people. They received food and wine, plus a tax of 40 shekels of silver. Even their young men took advantage of the people, but I never did so because I feared God.

When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had completed the wall and that no break remained in it (even though by that time I hadn't yet installed the doors in the gates),

Even though the city was large and spread out, not many people were living there and not many houses had been built.

because they did not greet the Israelis with food and water, but instead hired Balaam to oppose them by cursing them, even though our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Furthermore, Tyrians were living there who were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise, selling them to the people of Judah on the Sabbath, even in Jerusalem.

Didn't Solomon, king of Israel, sin by doing these things, even though among many nations there was no king like him who was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel? Even so, foreign women caused him to sin.

"Go and gather all the Jewish people who are in Susa and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, night or day. Both I and my young women will also fast in the same way, and then I'll go in to the king, even though it's against the law. And if I perish, I perish."

The king asked her, "What do you want, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even if it's half of the kingdom, it will be given to you."

Then Haman said, "Even Queen Esther brought no one except me with the king to the banquet that she held. Furthermore, I (along with the king) have also been invited by her tomorrow.

When the king returned to the banquet hall from the palace garden, Haman was prostrate on the couch where Esther was. The king asked, "Will this man even assault the queen with me in the house?" The king had no sooner spoken than they covered Haman's face.

The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause."

Observing him from a distance, at first they didn't even recognize him, so they raised their voices and burst into tears. They each ripped their robes, threw ashes into the air on their heads,

To those who are longing for death even though it does not come? To those who search for it more than for hidden treasure?

"The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.

Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.

The friend shows gracious love for his friend, even if he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty.

For all their expectations, they are doomed to disappointment; even though they have come and searched this far.

Did you intend your words to reprove, even though the speech of a desperate person is just wind?

If one were to seek to argue with him, he won't be able to answer him even once in a thousand times.

Even if I'm in the right, I cannot answer him. I can only appeal for mercy.

"Were I to be summoned, and he were to answer me, I wouldn't even believe that he was listening to what I have to say.

""You have brought new witnesses against me, you're even more angry with me you've brought fresh troops to attack me!

It's a gloomy land, like deepest darkness; where there's no order, and where even the brightness is like darkness.'"

Your life will be brighter than noonday. Even its darkness will be like dawn.

Even though he kills me, I'll continue to hope in him. At least I'll be able to argue my case to his face!

Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth, and its stump begins to rot in the ground,

Are God's encouragements inconsequential to you, even a word that has been spoken gently to you?

Look, if God doesn't trust his holy ones, if even the heavens aren't pure as he looks at them,

"I've even sewn sackcloth directly to my skin; I've buried my strength in the dust.

even though violence is not my intention, and my prayer is pure."

Even now, behold! I have a witness in heaven, my Advocate is on high.

Now as for the one who testifies against his friends to take their property, even the eyes of his children will fail.

Even if it's true that I've erred, my error only affects me.

"I call to my servant, but he doesn't respond, even though I beg to him earnestly.

My wife says my breath stinks; even my children say I smell bad!

Even little children hate me; when I get up, they mock me.

My closest friends detest me; even the ones I love have turned against me.

Even after my skin has been destroyed, clothed in my flesh I will see God,

"An eye that gazes at him won't do so again; and his place won't even recognize him.

Even though he is satiated and self-sufficient, he suffers everyone in any sort of trouble will attack him.

"Can God learn anything? After all, he will judge even the exalted ones.

He'll even deliver the guilty, who will be delivered through your innocence."

Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision."

They press oil between the olive groves owned by the wicked; they suffer from thirst, even while treading the winepress.

Behold, even the moon isn't bright, and the stars aren't pure in his eyes.

Far be it from me to admit that you're right! I intend to maintain my integrity even if it kills me!

Those who do survive him disease will bury, and his widow won't even weep.

Don't even bother to mention coral and crystal wisdom is more valuable than a bag of rubies.

It has been concealed from the sight of every living creature and hidden even from the birds in the skies.

I was successful wherever I went, and even the rocks poured out streams of olive oil for me."

(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born),

but when he saw that there had been no response from those three, he got even more angry.

Now this is Job's claim: "Even though I'm innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously.

"They die suddenly, in the middle of the night; people suffer seizures and pass away; even valiant men can be taken away and not by human hands.

There's no such thing as darkness to him not even deep darkness that can conceal those who practice evil.

Even though you complain that you can't perceive him, your case is already pending for judgment in his presence so keep on placing your hope in him.

you whose garments are hot, even though the land is cooled by a south wind?

Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them.

He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.

All have turned away, together they have become corrupt; no one practices what is good, not even one.

The one who despises those who are utterly wicked, but who honors the one who fears the LORD, who keeps his word even when it hurts and does not change,

They are more desirable than gold, even much fine gold. They are sweeter than honey, even the drippings from a honeycomb.

You will destroy their descendants from the earth, even their offspring from the ranks of mankind.

Even when I walk through a valley of deep darkness, I will not be afraid because you are with me. Your rod and your staff they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me, even in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

If an army encamps against me, my heart will not fear. If a war is launched against me, I will even trust in that situation.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies, even those who surround me. I will sacrifice in his tent with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melodies to the LORD.

Do not hand me over to the desires of my enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me; even the one who breathes out violence.

He makes them stagger like a calf, even Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

It is vain to trust in a horse for deliverance, even with its great strength, it cannot deliver.

LORD, may your gracious love be upon us, even as we hope in you. By David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away. So David left.

My heart pounds, my strength fails me, even the gleam in my eye is gone.

As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance.

I was as silent as a mute person; I said nothing, not even something good, and my distress deepened.

He plucked me out of a pit of confusion, even out of the quicksand; he placed my feet on a rock and established my steps.

LORD, my God, You have done great things: marvelous works and your thoughts toward us. There is no one who compares to you! I will try to recite your actions, even though there are too many to number.

The LORD will uphold him even on his sickbed; you will transform his bed of illness into health.

As for my best friend, the one in whom I trusted, the one who ate my bread, even he has insulted me!

My God, my soul feels depressed within me; therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, from the heights of Hermon, even from the foothills.

Then I will approach the altar of God, even to God in whom my joy finds its source. Then I will praise you with the lyre, God, my God,

However, you cast us off and made us ashamed! You did not even march with our armies!

You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.

Look! There is a river whose streams make the city of God rejoice, even the Holy Place of the Most High.

He chose our inheritance for us, even the pride of Jacob whom he loved. Interlude

Great is the LORD! For he is to be praised greatly, even in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

Just as we have heard, so have we seen; in the city of the LORD of the heavenly armies even in the city of our God God will establish her forever. Interlude

Their inner thoughts are on their homes forever; their dwellings from generation to generation. They even name their lands after themselves.

Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills.

But God will tear you down forever; he will take you away, even snatching you out of your tent! He will uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude

All of them have fallen away; together they have become corrupt; no one does what is good, not even one.

We had good fellowship together; and we even walked together in the house of God!

Have mercy on me, God, have mercy, for in you I have placed my trust. Even in the shadow of your wings will I find my refuge until this calamity passes.

For your gracious love is great, extending even to the heavens, and your truth even to the skies.

The wicked go astray from the womb; they go astray, telling lies even from birth.

Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,

Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.

My soul clings to you, even as your right hand supports me.