'Unless' in the Bible

Then He said to Jacob, “Let Me go, for it is daybreak.”But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me.”

This is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

But Judah said to him, “The man specifically warned us: ‘You will not see me again unless your brother is with you.’

But if you will not send him, we will not go, for the man said to us, ‘You will not see me again unless your brother is with you.’”

We told him, ‘We cannot go down unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother isn’t with us, we cannot see the man.’

“However, I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go, unless he is forced by a strong hand.

How will it be known that I and Your people have found favor in Your sight unless You go with us? I and Your people will be distinguished by this from all the other people on the face of the earth.”

the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening and is not to eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body with water.

How could one man pursue a thousand,or two put ten thousand to flight,unless their Rock had sold them,unless the Lord had given them up?

unless, when we enter the land, you tie this scarlet cord to the window through which you let us down. Bring your father, mother, brothers, and all your father’s family into your house.

This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from you what is set apart.

Naomi said, “My daughter, wait until you find out how things go, for he won’t rest unless he resolves this today.”

David replied, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal here when you come to see me.”

Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Hurry, don’t slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”

She would go in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the supervision of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She never went to the king again, unless he desired her and summoned her by name.

A Solomonic song of ascents.Unless the Lord builds a house,its builders labor over it in vain;unless the Lord watches over a city,the watchman stays alert in vain.

For they can’t sleepunless they have done what is evil;they are robbed of sleepunless they make someone stumble.

מ MemWho is there who speaks and it happens,unless the Lord has ordained it?

unless You have completely rejected usand are intensely angry with us.

Then these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”

Does a lion roar in the forestwhen it has no prey?Does a young lion growl from its lairunless it has captured something?

For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

How can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can rob his house.

“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Unless those days were limited, no one would survive. But those days will be limited because of the elect.

Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, Your will be done.”

“On the other hand, no one can enter a strong man’s house and rob his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will rob his house.

(For the Pharisees, in fact all the Jews, will not eat unless they wash their hands ritually, keeping the tradition of the elders.

When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they have washed. And there are many other customs they have received and keep, like the washing of cups, jugs, copper utensils, and dining couches.)

Unless the Lord limited those days, no one would survive. But He limited those days because of the elect, whom He chose.

“You give them something to eat,” He told them.“We have no more than five loaves and two fish,” they said, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!”

This man came to Him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him.”

Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Jesus answered, “I assure you: Unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.

Jesus told him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”

No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up on the last day.

So Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves.

He said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted to him by the Father.”

“I assure you: Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces a large crop.

Remain in Me, and I in you. Just as a branch is unable to produce fruit by itself unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in Me.

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom prescribed by Moses, you cannot be saved!”

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the gospel of good things!

I wish all of you spoke in other languages, but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in languages, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.

But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in other languages, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you with a revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

In the same way, unless you use your tongue for intelligible speech, how will what is spoken be known? For you will be speaking into the air.

You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.

Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you yourselves not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless you fail the test.

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

No widow should be placed on the official support list unless she is at least 60 years old, has been the wife of one husband,

Don’t accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported by two or three witnesses.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.

Look! I will throw her into a sickbed and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her practices.

so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of his name.