30 occurrences

'Continue' in the Bible

Then Abram said, "O Yahweh, my Lord, what will you give me? {I continue to be} childless, and {my heir} is Eliezer of Damascus."

Verse ConceptsAbrahamMoney, Stewardship OfWhat God Gives

" 'And if in spite of these [things] you do not listen to me, then I will continue to discipline you seven times for your sins.

Verse Conceptsdiscipline, divineSevenfolddisobedience

your boundary will turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and will pass over to Zin, and its limits will be from the south of Kadesh Barnea; it will continue to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.

And so then why shall we die, for this great fire will consume us if {we continue} to hear the voice of Yahweh our God [any] longer, and [so] we shall die?

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's PresenceFire Emanating From Godrisk

And Yahweh said to me, '{Come, continue} your journey {before the people}, so that you may go and take possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give to them.'

Verse ConceptsGuidance, From Godly PeopleGod Gave The Land

And all [of] Israel shall hear, and they shall fear, and {they shall not continue to act} according to this evil thing in your midst.

Verse ConceptsFear Will Come

And let not something cling to your hand from the things devoted to destruction, so that Yahweh may turn back {from his burning anger}, and he may show compassion to you and he may [continue] to show compassion and [so] multiply you {just as he swore} to your ancestors,

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfGod Multipling PeopleGod Will Show Mercyempathy

{And the rest} shall hear and shall fear, and {they shall not continue to do such a thing again} as this evil thing in your midst.

Verse ConceptsFear Is Due

And the officials shall continue to speak to the troops, and they shall say, '{What man} is afraid {and disheartened}? Let him go, and let him return to his house, and let him not cause the heart of his brothers to melt like his.'

Verse ConceptsBattlesCowardiceBad AttitudeFaintingFaint HeartednessFear Of EnemiesFear And WorryBeing Scared

know for certain that Yahweh your God {will not continue to drive out} these nations from before you; they will be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you.

Verse ConceptsWorldly SnaresNot Driving Them OutEyes HarmedMan TrappingTroubling Groups Of People

And the man went from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to live as a foreigner wherever he could find [a place]. And he came [to] the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, to continue his journey.

But if you continue to do wickedness, both you and your king will be swept away."

Verse ConceptsThreateningsDestruction Of CountriesPersistence

{Abner became very angry} at the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he said, "[Am] I the head of a dog which [is] for Judah today? Do I not continue to show loyal love with the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends? I have not let you fall into the hands of David, yet you have {accused me of sin with this woman} today.

Verse ConceptsBlameAnger, HumanLoyaltyOffenceNamed People Angry With OthersPeople Of Judah

And now may you begin to bless the house of your servant {to continue forever} before you, for you, O Yahweh, have blessed. And it will be blessed forever."

Verse ConceptsEternal BlessingFamily FirstServant Leadership

As for them, they wander for food. If they are not satisfied, then they continue all night.

Verse ConceptsdissatisfactionRestlessnessSatisfactionSeeking FoodRumblingwandering

I say, "My God, do not carry me off from my life in the middle of my days." Your years [continue] throughout all generations.

Verse ConceptsEarly Death

The children of your servants will continue, and their {descendants} will be established before you.

Verse ConceptsChildren BlessedProtection And Safety

"They struck me; I was not hurt. They beat me; I did not know [it]. When I will awake, I will continue; I will seek it again."

Verse ConceptsAlcoholInsensibilityAccepting BeatingsAbsence Of FeelingWake Up!AlcoholicsOvercomingHurtFeeling Losthurtingdrunkards

All the streams flow to the sea, but the sea is never full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.

Verse ConceptsGeologyVapourClimates, TypesIncompletenessRiversGoing Through the MotionsThe OceanThe Sea

Why do you want to be beaten again? You continue [in] rebellion. [The] whole of [the] head [is] sick, and [the] whole of [the] heart [is] faint.

Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRebellion Against God, Shown InOther References To The HeartPersistence

You must not {continue} to bring offerings of futility, incense--it [is] an abomination to me; new moon and Sabbath, [the] calling of a convocation-- I cannot endure iniquity with [solemn] assembly.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFutilityHolidayOfferingsSabbath, In OtWorship, Hindrances ToAbominations, To GodFormalityConvocationsIncense Offered AmissSabbath Violated

And this shall happen: on that day, the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will not continue to lean on [the] one who struck it but will lean on Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, in truth.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Benefits OfSurvivors FavouredSurvivors Of IsraelBelieving In GodOthers Believing In God

And he said, "You will not {continue} to exult, crushed one, {virgin} daughter of Sidon. Arise, cross over [to] Cyprus! There will be no rest for you even there."

Verse ConceptsdaughtersSleeplessnessVirginUnrest

Thus says your Lord, Yahweh, and your God pleads the cause [of] his people: "Look! I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering. You shall not {continue} to drink the goblet, the cup of my wrath, any longer.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahStaggeringGod Making DrunkGod SuingThe Coming Day Of God's Wrathrelentless

Awake! Awake; put on your strength, Zion! Put on the garments of your beauty, Jerusalem, {holy city}! For [the] uncircumcised and [the] unclean shall not {continue to} enter you any longer.

Verse ConceptsCityNames For JerusalemBeauty, SpiritualPurity, Nature OfSleep, SpiritualUncircumcisionWakefulnessStrength Of PeopleFine ClothesWake Up!Purity Of New CreationBe Strong!awakeningstrengh

Your adulteries, and your neighings, the shameful behavior of your fornications on [the] hills in the countryside, I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, Jerusalem! {How long will you continue to be unclean}?"

Verse ConceptsLewdnessSpiritual HarlotryHillsPeople Being UncleanBefore People ActNeighing And BrayingWoe To Israel And Jerusalem

The [punishment] of your iniquity is completed, O daughter of Zion, your exile will not continue; [but] he will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he will reveal your sins.

Verse ConceptsSin Made Known

And you took from your clothes and you made for yourself colorful shrines, and you prostituted on them; {this had not happened before}, and it {will not continue to happen}.

Verse ConceptsUnique EventsColorwhores

And I said, 'I am banished from your sight; how {will I continue to look} {on your holy temple}?'

Verse ConceptsBanishmentDriven From God's Presence

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