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'Attempt' in the Bible

You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.

When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed, "Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!" As these words left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

"If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

Those who share the king's fine food will attempt to destroy him, and his army will be swept away; many will be killed in battle.

He will give us peace. Should the Assyrians try to invade our land and attempt to set foot in our fortresses, we will send against them seven shepherd-rulers, make that eight commanders.

They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with a drawn sword. Our king will rescue us from the Assyrians should they attempt to invade our land and try to set foot in our territory.

(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood,

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