'Nor' in the Bible

Nor is a lamp lighted to be put under a bushel, but on the lampstand; and then it gives light to all in the house.

nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King.

But amass wealth for yourselves in Heaven, where neither the moth nor wear-and-tear destroys, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For this reason I charge you not to be over-anxious about your lives, inquiring what you are to eat or what you are to drink, nor yet about your bodies, inquiring what clothes you are to put on. Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?

And why be anxious about clothing? Learn a lesson from the wild lilies. Watch their growth. They neither toil nor spin,

"Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and then turn and attack you.

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor a poisonous tree good fruit.

Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins would split, the wine would escape, and the skins be destroyed. But they put new wine into fresh skins, and both are saved."

"Provide no gold, nor even silver nor copper to carry in your pockets;

no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food.

Fear them not, however; there is nothing veiled which will not be uncovered, nor secret which will not become known.

"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'

"All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does any one fully know the Father except the Son and all to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

how he entered the House of God and ate the Presented Loaves, which it was not lawful for him or his men to eat, nor for any except the priests?

He will not wrangle or raise His voice, nor will His voice be heard in the broadways.

A crushed reed He will not utterly break, nor will He quench the still smouldering wick, until He has led on Justice to victory.

And whoever shall speak against the Son of Man may obtain forgiveness; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, neither in this nor in the coming age shall he obtain forgiveness."

I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.

Do you not yet understand? nor even remember the 5,000 and the five loaves, and how many basketfuls you carried away,

nor the 4,000 and the seven loaves, and how many hampers you carried away?

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," He replied, "by what authority I do these things."

For in the Resurrection, men neither marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are like angels in Heaven.

No one could say a word in reply, nor from that day did any one venture again to put a question to Him.

"But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so.

nor let him who is outside the city stay to pick up his outer garment.

"But pray that your flight may not be in winter, nor on the Sabbath;

"But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.

"Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.

This man lived among the tombs, nor could any one now secure him even with a chain;

Now they had forgotten to take bread, nor had they more than a single loaf with them in the boat;

So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."

"But as to that day or the exact time no one knows--not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

The soldiers also once and again inquired of him, "And we, what are we to do?" His answer was, "Neither intimidate any one nor lay false charges; and be content with your pay."

Nor does any one pour new wine into old wine-skins. Otherwise the new wine would burst the skins, the wine itself would be spilt, and the skins be destroyed.

Nor does any one after drinking old wine wish for new; for he says, 'The old is better.'"

"There is no good tree that yields unsound fruit, nor again any unsound tree that yields good fruit.

Every tree is known by its own fruit. It is not from thorns that men gather figs, nor from the bramble that they can get a bunch of grapes.

There is nothing hidden, which shall not be openly seen; nor anything secret, which shall not be known and come into the light of day.

Here, on landing, He was met by one of the townsmen who was possessed by demons--for a long time he had not put on any garment, nor did he live in a house, but in the tombs.

And He commanded them, "Take nothing for your journey; neither stick nor bag nor bread nor money; and do not have an extra under garment.

Carry no purse, bag, nor change of shoes; and salute no one on your way."

All things are delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son may choose to reveal Him."

There is nothing that is covered up which will not be uncovered, nor hidden which will not become known.

And when they are bringing you before synagogues and magistrates and governors, do not anxiously ponder the manner or matter of your defence, nor what you are to say;

Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds!

Observe the lilies, how they grow. They neither labour nor spin. And yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was as beautifully dressed as one of these.

"Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.

Sell your possessions and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses that will never wear out, a treasure inexhaustible in Heaven, where no thief can come nor moth consume.

Neither for land nor dunghill is it of any use; they throw it away. Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"

And, besides all this, a vast chasm is immovably fixed between us and you, put there in order that those who desire to cross from this side to you may not be able, nor any be able to cross over from your side to us.'

Nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' --for the Kingdom of God is within you."

"For a time he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, "'Though I have neither reverence for God nor respect for man,

The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: "'O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people--I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer.

Nothing of this did they understand. The words were a mystery to them, nor could they see what He meant.

"Nor will I tell you," said Jesus, "by what authority I do these things."

No, nor does Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and, you see, there is nothing he has done that deserves death.

who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.

Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they said, "if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"

"Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."

"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom *He* has sent.

When however the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they themselves also took boats and came to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

"Neither he nor his parents sinned," answered Jesus, "but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.

I give them the Life of the Ages, and they shall never, never perish, nor shall any one wrest them from my hand.

In most solemn truth I tell you that a servant is not superior to his master, nor is a messenger superior to him who sent him.

"Nor is it for them alone that I make request. It is also for those who trust in me through their teaching;

For Thou wilt not leave me in the Unseen World forsaken, nor give up Thy holy One to undergo decay.

with prophetic foresight he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, to the effect that He was not left forsaken in the Unseen World, nor did His body undergo decay.

Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear?

Nor is He ministered to by human hands, as though He needed anything--but He Himself gives to all men life and breath and all things.

For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

For in connexion with to-day's proceedings there is danger of our being charged with attempted insurrection, there having been no real reason for this riot; nor shall we be able to justify the behaviour of this disorderly mob."

For the Sadducees maintain that there is no resurrection, and neither angel nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge the existence of both.

I beg you not to comply; for more than forty men among them are lying in wait for him, who have solemnly vowed that they will neither eat nor drink till they have assassinated him; and even now they are ready, in anticipation of receiving that promise of you."

and that neither in the Temple nor in the synagogues, nor anywhere in the city, did they find me disputing with any opponent or collecting a crowd about me.

Nor can they prove the charges which they are now bringing against me.

But, in reply, Paul said, "Neither against the Jewish Law, nor against the Temple, nor against Caesar, have I committed any offence whatever."

Then, when for several days neither sun nor stars were seen and the terrific gale still harassed us, the last ray of hope was now vanishing.

"For our part," they replied, "we have not received any letters from Judaea about you, nor have any of our countrymen come here and reported or stated anything to your disadvantage.

For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.

There is not one who is really wise, nor one who is a diligent seeker after God.

Nor did he in unbelief stagger at God's promise, but became mighty in faith, giving glory to God,

Nor was the fact of its being placed to his credit put on record for his sake only;

In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what prayers to offer nor in what way to offer them. But the Spirit Himself pleads for us in yearnings that can find no words,

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither the lower ranks of evil angels nor the higher, neither things present nor things future, nor the forces of nature,

nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God which rests upon us in Christ Jesus our Lord.

nor because they are Abraham's true children. But the promise was "Through Isaac shall your posterity be reckoned."

Nor is that all: later on there was Rebecca too. She was soon to bear two children to her husband, our forefather Isaac--

"nor 'Who shall go down into the abyss?'" --that is, to bring Christ up again from the grave.

For God does not repent of His free gifts nor of His call;

Living as we do in broad daylight, let us conduct ourselves becomingly, not indulging in revelry and drunkenness, nor in lust and debauchery, nor in quarrelling and jealousy.

Let not him who eats certain food look down upon him who abstains from it, nor him who abstains from it find fault with him who eats it; for God has received both of them.

Therefore let us no longer judge one another; but, instead of that, you should come to this judgement--that we must not put a stumbling-block in our brother's path, nor anything to trip him up.

Yet when we are among mature believers we do speak words of wisdom; a wisdom not belonging, however, to the present age nor to the leaders of the present age who are soon to pass away.

But--to use the words of Scripture--we speak of things which eye has not seen nor ear heard, and which have never entered the heart of man: all that God has in readiness for them that love Him.

So that neither the planter nor the waterer is of any importance. God who gives the increase is all in all.

Therefore let us keep our festival not with old yeast nor with the yeast of what is evil and mischievous, but with bread free from yeast--the bread of transparent sincerity and of truth.

Do you not know that unrighteous men will not inherit God's Kingdom? Cherish no delusion here. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor any who are guilty of unnatural crime,