'Nor' in the Bible

nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?

A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.

Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

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.

how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?

“He will not quarrel, nor cry out;Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.

Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

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

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he went out onto the porch.

For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit.

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush.

For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

And He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two tunics apiece.

“No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

And He said to His disciples, “For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

“Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys.

nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor respect man,

but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him.

who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

The woman *said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.”

Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.

And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form.

So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.”

Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.

nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.

Because You will not abandon my soul to Hades,Nor allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay.

And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.

Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?

For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city itself did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing a riot.

Nor can they prove to you the charges of which they now accuse me.

Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned.

They said to him, “We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you.

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.

Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,

nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat.

Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents.

Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God.

Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness on our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God.

Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),

For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain.

For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness—

nor did we seek glory from men, either from you or from others, even though as apostles of Christ we might have asserted our authority.

for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;

nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;

nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually.

nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own.

After saying above, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have not desired, nor have You taken pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the Law),

and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

who committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth;

nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.