'Ever' in the Bible

And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.

For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

And he took it down, and folding it in a linen cloth, he put it in a place cut in the rock for a dead body; and no one had ever been put in it.

And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.

Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?

Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.

And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.

Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father.

I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.

The servants made answer, No man ever said things like this man.

Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.

In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open.

And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.

And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?

The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.

Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

If I had not done among them the works which no other man ever did, they would have had no sin: but now they have seen, and they have had hate in their hearts for me and my Father.

Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth.

O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?

So now, will you and the Sanhedrin make a request to the military authorities to have him sent down to you, as if you were desiring to go into the business in greater detail; and we, before ever he gets to you, will be waiting to put him to death.

And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.

To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory for ever. So be it.

For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.

Who ever goes to war without looking to someone to be responsible for his payment? who puts in vines and does not take the fruit of them? or who takes care of sheep without drinking of their milk?

Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.

For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

And God is able to give you all grace in full measure; so that ever having enough of all things, you may be full of every good work:

As it is said in the Writings, He has sent out far and wide, he has given to the poor; his righteousness is for ever.

The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.

To whom be the glory for ever and ever. So be it.

To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.

For no man ever had hate for his flesh; but he gives it food and takes care of it, even as Christ does for the church;

Now to God our Father be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord.

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

For this reason, you are ever in our prayers, that you may seem to our God such as may have a part in his purpose and that by his power he will make all his good purpose, and the work of faith, complete;

Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.

Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.

Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.

The Lord will keep me safe from every evil work and will give me salvation in his kingdom in heaven: to whom be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;

One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.

For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;

But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.

They will come to their end; but you are for ever; they will become old as a robe;

As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.

For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

(For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;

But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.

Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.

The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.

By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.

But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;

Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.

For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,

But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

His is the power for ever. So be it.

May grace and peace ever be increasing in you, in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;

For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.

And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.