'Except' in the Bible

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.

but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.

And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone.

[But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”]

And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.

how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?”

For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light.

And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household.”

And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belt—

All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone.

And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”

When He came to the house, He did not allow anyone to enter with Him, except Peter and John and James, and the girl’s father and mother.

All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”

And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.

Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.

Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death.And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.

except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.

And Paul said, “I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains.”

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

And just as Isaiah foretold,“Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left to us a posterity,We would have become like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.”

Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.

Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,

I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

On behalf of such a man I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.

For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?

Do not receive an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses.

and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

And they *sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth.

His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.