'Ever' in the Bible

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

But Isaac said to his son, “How did you ever find it so quickly, my son?”He replied, “Because the Lord your God worked it out for me.”

So Moses went back to the Lord and asked, “Lord, why have You caused trouble for this people? And why did You ever send me?

Ever since I went in to Pharaoh to speak in Your name he has caused trouble for this people, and You haven’t delivered Your people at all.” >

Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

He said to them, “May Yahweh be with you if I ever let you and your families go! Look out—you are planning evil.

Then there will be a great cry of anguish through all the land of Egypt such as never was before, or ever will be again.

The Lord will reign forever and ever!

But the people thirsted there for water, and grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you ever bring us out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”

“If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him before sunset.

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes nauseating to you—because you have rejected the Lord who is among you, and cried to Him: ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

will ever see the land I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have despised Me will see it.

But the donkey said, “Am I not the donkey you’ve ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?”“No,” he replied.

“If the one who kills someone ever goes outside the border of the city of refuge he fled to,

“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created man on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?

Has a people heard God’s voice speaking from the fire as you have, and lived?

Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

If you ever forget the Lord your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will perish.

You have been rebelling against the Lord ever since I have known you.

No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the Lord’s assembly.

“Oh, Lord God,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites for our destruction? If only we had been content to remain on the other side of the Jordan!

Now are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?

Everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has ever happened or has been seen since the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt to this day. Think it over, discuss it, and speak up!”

You will see distress in the place of worship, in spite of all that is good in Israel, and no one in your family will ever again reach old age.

“No!” Jonathan responded. “If I ever find out my father has evil intentions against you, wouldn’t I tell you about it?”

don’t ever withdraw your faithful love from my household—not even when the Lord cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I ever look your brother Joab in the face?”

David feared the Lord that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?”

In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked anyone among the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel: Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

ever since the day I ordered judges to be over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies.“‘The Lord declares to you: The Lord Himself will make a house for you.

When all the kings who were Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their subjects. After this, the Arameans were afraid to ever help the Ammonites again.

Where could I ever go with my disgrace? And you—you would be like one of the immoral men in Israel! Please, speak to the king, for he won’t keep me from you.”

But Jonadab, son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, because only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this ever since the day Amnon disgraced his sister Tamar.

All the men of Judah responded to the men of Israel, “Because the king is our relative. Why does this make you angry? Have we ever eaten anything of the king’s or been honored at all?”

Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps, one at each end. Nothing like it had ever been made in any other kingdom.

As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant marched out into the middle of the battle. Suddenly, a man turned aside and brought someone to me and said, ‘Guard this man! If he is ever missing, it will be your life in place of his life, or you will weigh out 75 pounds of silver.’

But Micaiah said, “If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he said, “Listen, all you people!”

Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land from the power of the king of Assyria?

No such Passover had ever been kept from the time of the judges who judged Israel through the entire time of the kings of Israel and Judah.

David feared God that day and said, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”

In all My travels throughout Israel, have I ever spoken a word to even one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, asking: Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

ever since the day I ordered judges to be over My people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.“‘Furthermore, I declare to you that the Lord Himself will build a house for you.

Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps, one at each end. Nothing like it had ever been made in any other kingdom.

But Micaiah said, “If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he said, “Listen, all you people!”

No Passover had been observed like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present in Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

before his colleagues and the powerful men of Samaria, and said, “What are these pathetic Jews doing? Can they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they ever finish it? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

At that time the book of Moses was read publicly to the people. The command was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

Have I ever said: “Give me something”or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth”

Will You ever look away from me,or leave me alone long enough to swallow?

Were you the first person ever born,or were you brought forth before the hills?

Don’t you know that ever since antiquity,from the time man was placed on earth,

Proud beasts have never walked on it;no lion has ever prowled over it.

if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless childwhen I saw that I had support in the city gate,

Have you ever in your life commanded the morningor assigned the dawn its place,

You have rebuked the nations:You have destroyed the wicked;You have erased their name forever and ever.

The Lord is King forever and ever;the nations will perish from His land.

He asked You for life, and You gave it to him—length of days forever and ever.

Your throne, God, is forever and ever;the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

I will cause your name to be remembered for all generations;therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever.

“This God, our God forever and ever—He will always lead us.”

But I am like a flourishing olive treein the house of God;I trust in God’s faithful love forever and ever.

You opened up springs and streams;You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

They are established forever and ever,enacted in truth and in what is right.

I will always obey Your instruction,forever and ever.

A Davidic hymn.I exalt You, my God the King,and praise Your name forever and ever.

I will praise You every day;I will honor Your name forever and ever.

My mouth will declare Yahweh’s praise;let every living thingpraise His holy name forever and ever.

He set them in position forever and ever;He gave an order that will never pass away.

Go now, write it on a tablet in their presenceand inscribe it on a scroll;it will be for the future,forever and ever.

The sinners in Zion are afraid;trembling seizes the ungodly:“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”

It will never go out—day or night.Its smoke will go up forever.It will be desolate, from generation to generation;no one will pass through it forever and ever.

Who among all the gods of these lands ever delivered his land from my power? So will the Lord deliver Jerusalem.”

Cross over to Cyprus and take a look.Send someone to Kedar and consider carefully;see if there has ever been anything like this:

Has a nation ever exchanged its gods?(But they were not gods!)Yet My people have exchanged their Gloryfor useless idols.

I will allow you to live in this place, the land I gave to your ancestors long ago and forever.

You planted them, and they have taken root.They have grown and produced fruit.You are ever on their lips,but far from their conscience.

Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave the highland crags?Or does cold water flowing from a distance ever fail?

He announced, ‘Turn, each of you, from your evil way of life and from your evil deeds. Live in the land the Lord gave to you and your ancestors long ago and forever.

this is what the Lord says: I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. There will not be even one of his descendants living among these people, nor will any ever see the good that I will bring to My people”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“for he has preached rebellion against the Lord.”

Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”

Even when it was whole it could not be made into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred!

The Chaldeans answered the king, “No one on earth can make known what the king requests. Consequently, no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any diviner-priest, medium, or Chaldean.

and declared:May the name of Godbe praised forever and ever,for wisdom and power belong to Him.

But the holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever, yes, forever and ever.’

He has carried out His words that He spoke against us and against our rulers by bringing on us so great a disaster that nothing like what has been done to Jerusalem has ever been done under all of heaven.

Those who are wise will shinelike the bright expanse of the heavens,and those who lead many to righteousness,like the stars forever and ever.

I have been Yahweh your Godever since the land of Egypt.I will make you live in tents again,as in the festival days.

I have been Yahweh your Godever since the land of Egypt;you know no God but Me,and no Savior exists besides Me.

Hear this, you elders;listen, all you inhabitants of the land.Has anything like this ever happened in your daysor in the days of your ancestors?

but don’t ever prophesy at Bethel again, for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”

Though all the peoples each walkin the name of their gods,we will walk in the name of Yahweh our Godforever and ever.

When the demon had been driven out, the man spoke. And the crowds were amazed, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And He said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” At once the fig tree withered.

and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And His disciples heard it.

Often a spirit seizes him; suddenly he shrieks, and it throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; wounding him, it hardly ever leaves him.

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever harm you.

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed.

No one has ever seen God.The One and Only Son—the One who is at the Father’s side—He has revealed Him.