'Unless' in the Bible

and said, "Let me go, because the dawn has come." "I won't let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."

But Judah reminded him, "The man distinctly warned us: "You'll never see my face unless your brother comes with you.'

But if you don't send him, we're not going, because the man told us, "You'll never see my face unless your brother is with you.'"

But then you told your servants, "Unless your youngest brother comes back with you, you won't see my face again.'

"But we told him, "We can't go back there. If our youngest brother accompanies us, we'll go back, but we cannot see the man's face again unless our youngest brother accompanies us.'

I know that the king of Egypt won't allow you to go unless compelled to do so by force,

Otherwise, how shall it be known that your people and I have received favor from you, unless you go with us and that we, your people and I, are distinguished from all the people on the surface of the earth?"

The earthen vessel in which it was boiled is to be broken, unless it was boiled in a bronze vessel, in which case it is to be polished very well and rinsed in water.

such a person who comes in contact with anything like this will become unclean until evening. As a result, he is not to eat the sacred things unless he has bathed himself with water.

Finally, he uttered this prophetic statement: "Ah, who can live, unless God makes it happen?

How can one person chase a thousand of them and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock delivers them and the LORD gives them up?

The Israelis have been unable to stand before their enemies. They're turning their backs and running from their enemies because they themselves have been turned over to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy these things that have been turned over to destruction.

David replied, "Sounds good to me! I'll cut a deal with you under one condition: you're not to show yourself in my presence unless you bring Saul's daughter with you when you come to see me."

So she saddled a donkey and told her servant, "Forward, driver! Don't slow down on my account, unless I tell you!"

In the evening she would go into the palace and in the morning she would return to the second harem, into the care of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the mistresses. She would not go again to the king unless the king wanted her and she was called for by name.

"Every servant of the king and every person in the king's provinces knows that for any man or woman who goes to the king in the inner court without being summoned there is only one law that he be put to death unless the king holds out the golden scepter to him. Only then he will live. For these last 30 days I've not been summoned to come to the king."

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor uselessly. Unless the LORD guards the city, its security forces keep watch uselessly.

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us without limit.

So these men said, "We'll never find any basis for complaint against Daniel unless we build it on the requirements of his God."

because I tell you, unless your righteousness greatly exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom from heaven!"

Then he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from heaven.

This is how my heavenly Father will treat each one of you unless you forgive your brother from your hearts."

He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot go away unless I drink it, let your will be done."

(The Pharisees and indeed all the Jewish people don't eat unless they wash their hands properly, following the tradition of their elders.

They don't eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.)

But he told them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have nothing more than five loaves of bread and two fish unless we go and buy food for all these people."

In the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions."

He came to Jesus at night and told him, "Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him."

Jesus replied to him, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God."

Jesus answered, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.

Jesus told him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe."

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

So Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.

So he said, "That's why I told you that no one can come to me unless it be granted him by the Father."

That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you'll die in your sins."

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces a lot of grain.

Peter told him, "You must never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "Unless I wash you, you cannot be involved with me."

"Abide in me, and I will abide in you. Just as the branch cannot produce fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me.

Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.

So the other disciples kept telling him, "We've seen the Lord!" But he told them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, put my finger into them, and put my hand into his side, I'll never believe!"

The man replied, "How can I unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him.

Then some men came down from Judea and started to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Law of Moses, you can't be saved."

unless it is for the one thing I shouted as I stood among them: "It is for the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.'"

Paul told the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men remain onboard, you cannot be saved."

And how can people preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are those who bring the good news!"

Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

Now I wish that all of you could speak in foreign languages, but especially that you could prophesy. The person who prophesies is more important than the person who speaks in a foreign language, unless he interprets it so that the church may be built up.

Indeed, brothers, if I come to you speaking in foreign languages, what good will I be to you unless I speak to you in some revelation, knowledge, prophecy, or teaching?

In the same way, unless you speak an intelligible message with your language, how will anyone know what is being said? You'll be talking into the air!

and by which you are also being saved if you hold firmly to the message I proclaimed to you unless, of course, your faith was worthless.

You fool! The seed you plant does not come to life unless it dies,

Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for it will not come unless the rebellion takes place first and the man of sin, who is destined for destruction, is revealed.

Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it is supported "by two or three witnesses."

Moreover, no one who is an athlete wins a prize unless he competes according to the rules.

Therefore, remember how far you have fallen. Repent and go back to what you were doing at first. If you don't, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place unless you repent.

Look! I am going to strike her with illness. Those who commit adultery with her will also suffer greatly, unless they repent from acting like her.

so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark, which is the beast's name or the number of its name.