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An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.
It is always an honorable thing to have your favor sought in an honorable cause, always, and not only when I am with you.
And the people were pressed, man by man, and a man by his neighbor: the boy shall enlarge himself against the old man and the despised against the honorable.
And Balak sent yet again rulers, more, and more honorable than they.
To bind their kings in fetters, and their honorable ones in fetters of iron;
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?
Was he not most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he did not attain to the [first] three.
He was more honorable than the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.
Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him LORD had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.
May the firstborn of his bull be honorable to him, and may his horns be those of a wild ox. With them may he push people all together, to the ends of the earth. These are the myriads of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."
Now in a wealthy home there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also ones made of wood and of clay, and some are for honorable use, but others for ignoble use.
So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong.
A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.
"When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.
Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety;
Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.
Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
"'And thou, Bethlehem in the land of Judah, by no means the least honorable art thou among princely places in Judah! For from thee shall come a prince--one who shall be the Shepherd of My People Israel.'"
Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.
Kings daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the expert craftsman, and the skilful enchanter.
Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of knowledge, and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
The elder and the honorable man, he is the head. And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
LORD of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.
It pleased LORD, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
Since thou have been precious in my sight, [and] honorable, and I have loved thee, therefore I will give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.
And now says LORD who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of LORD, and my God has become my strength),
If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of LORD honorable, and shall honor it, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, no
Each of you must know how to control his own body in a holy and honorable manner,
Remind believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, and to be ready to do any honorable kind of work.
Honorable wages lead to life; the salaries of the wicked, to retribution.
Let marriage be kept honorable in every way, and the marriage bed undefiled. For God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.
Judges, envoys, officials, Persians, the people of Erech, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, the Elamites) and many other nations whom the great and honorable Osnappar deported and resettled in Samaria and in the rest of the province beyond the Euphrates River.
Again no one takes this honorable office for himself, but he is called by God, just as Aaron was.
For those who have well discharged the duties of a deacon are gaining an honorable position for themselves, as well as much fearless confidence in the faith of Christ Jesus.
For Christ's sake we are fools, but you are quite philosophic in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are outcast.
or the day before the sabbath,) Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable counsellor, who also was expecting the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
but the Jews stirred up devout and honorable women, and the heads of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their territories.
He ought also to have an honorable testimony from those that are without, least he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
for by it the ancients obtained an honorable testimony.
And these all, though they obtained an honorable testimony by faith, yet received not the promise;
and ye turn your eyes toward him that weareth the fine clothes, and say to him, Sit thou here in an honorable place; and say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall serve you. They shall present a sacrifice for favor [on] my altar, and I will glorify {my honorable house}.
Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}?
[It is] honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel.
But these will only test your faith, which is more valuable than gold which, though refined by fire, eventually perishes. Your faith, [however], will [endure and eventually] prove to be praiseworthy and honorable when Jesus returns.
And thou shalt make holy raiment for Aaron thy brother, both honorable and glorious.
And thou shalt make for Aaron's sons also coats, girdles and bonnets; honorable and glorious,
with other their brethren in their kindreds, nine hundred fifty and five. And all these were honorable heads in the ancient households of them.
And he said to him, Behold now, in this city is a man of God, and an honorable man. All that he says surely comes to pass. Now let us go there. Perhaps he can declare our way to us, how to go.
And some of them believed and came and companied with Paul and Silas. Also of the honorable Greeks, a great multitude; and of the chief women, not a few.
They also love the most honorable places at suppers, and the first seats in the synagogues,
but destruction awaits the malicious.
So Achish summoned David and told him, “As the Lord lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good
It also seemed good to me, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very first, to write to you in an orderly sequence, most honorable
But a certain Pharisee, Gamaliel by name, a teacher of the law, honorable to all the people, rising in the sanhedrim command them to put the men out for a short time,
Therefore many of them believed, and quite a few of honorable Greek women and men.
This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before concerning you, that by them you may perform an honorable service,
The word is true, and I wish you to insist strongly concerning these things, that those who have believed in God may be careful to maintain good works. For these things are honorable and useful to men.
having your conduct honorable among the gentiles, that wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, from the good works which they see they may glorify God in the day of visitation,
Helpers likewise, be honorable, not double-tongued, not attending to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
The wives likewise, be honorable, not slanderous, without wine, faithful in all things.
Who hath purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth?
But our presentable parts have no need of clothing. Instead, God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the less honorable,
His work is honorable and glorious: and his righteousness endures forever.
These men are making much of you, but not with honorable intentions. They want to shut you out, so that you will have to make much of them.
I have fought the good and worthy and noble fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith [firmly guarding the gospel against error].
Our people must learn to do good deeds to meet necessary demands [whatever the occasion may require], so that they will not be unproductive.
so that you will behave properly toward outsiders [exhibiting good character, personal integrity, and moral courage worthy of the respect of the outside world], and be dependent on no one and in need of nothing [be self-supporting].
The jailor, who was awakened from sleep [by the commotion] saw the jail doors open so drew his [short] sword and prepared to kill himself, assuming that all the prisoners had escaped. [Note: He would have faced a humiliating execution himself if he had allowed capital offense criminals to escape. With that prospect in view, it was considered honorable by the Romans for a person to commit suicide].
The Lord will return his bloody deeds upon his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and honorable than he and killed them with the sword, without my father David knowing: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
“One will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’;
And another will name himself after Jacob;
And another will write on his hand, ‘I am the Lord’s,’
And be called by the [honorable] name of Israel.