'Instead' in the Bible

Instead, someone has declared somewhere, "What is man that you should remember him, or the son of man that you should care for him?

Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses. Instead, we have one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet he never sinned.

In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.

Then, instead of being lazy, you will imitate those who are inheriting the promises through faith and patience.

Instead, through those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year,

Instead, they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.

and straighten the paths of your life, so that your lameness may not become worse, but instead may be healed.

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to tens of thousands of angels joyfully gathered together,