Even Before

He was a mighty hunter Before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter Before the LORD.

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, Before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

But Before they lay down, the men of the city, Even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

And when they saw him afar off, Even Before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea Even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out Before thee.

And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at Even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense Before the LORD throughout your generations.

• Blood
• Priest

And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times Before the LORD, Even Before the vail.

Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed Before the LORD.

But those that encamp Before the tabernacle toward the east, Even Before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, Even the princes offered their offering Before the altar.

• Sarcasm

But Even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept Before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

• Plague

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague Before the LORD.

• Armies

And he shall stand Before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim Before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, Even all the congregation.

Even the country which the LORD smote Before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from Before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead Even unto this day:

Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from Before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? Even so will I do likewise.

• Punishment

And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there Before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, Even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, Even now, Before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

• Cowardice

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from Before the gate Even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

And all the people, Even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came Before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

From Sihor, which is Before Egypt, Even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

And I sent the hornet Before you, which drave them out from Before you, Even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

And the LORD drave out from Before us all the people, Even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.

The mountains melted from Before the LORD, Even that Sinai from Before the LORD God of Israel.

And Abimelech chased him, and he fled Before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, Even unto the entering of the gate.

• Grape

And he smote them from Aroer, Even till thou come to Minnith, Even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued Before the children of Israel.

(And the children of Israel went up and wept Before the LORD until Even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)

• Fasting

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there Before the LORD, and fasted that day until Even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings Before the LORD.

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till Even Before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines Before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, Even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

And David and all the house of Israel played Before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, Even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, Even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, Before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

• Uriah
• Drunkenness

And when David had called him, he did eat and drink Before him; and he made him drunk: and at Even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

• Dedication
• Seven

And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, Before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, Even fourteen days.

And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship Before the one, Even unto Dan.

• Blasphemy
• Witnesses
• Naboth

And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat Before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, Even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled Before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, Even in their country.

• Camel

So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, Even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood Before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

And Hezekiah prayed Before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, Even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

Let it Even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, Even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established Before thee.

Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed Before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, Even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money Before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, Even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

• Anger

Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy Even rose up in his forehead Before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, Even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read Before the king of Judah:

• Josiah
• Humility

Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself Before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself Before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep Before me; I have Even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, Even Before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

• Conscience

But the former governors that had been Before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, Even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

And came Even Before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came Before him, Even into his ears.

{To the chief Musician, Even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is Before me.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

He sent a man Before them, Even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

There is no end of all the people, Even of all that have been Before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

For all this I considered in my heart Even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is Before them.

I have Even from the beginning declared it to thee; Before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.

They are created now, and not from the beginning; Even Before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.

Behold, it is written Before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, Even recompense into their bosom,

For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it Even unto this day; that I should remove it from Before my face,

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath Even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation Before them.

And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted Before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, Even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

They are not humbled Even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set Before you and Before your fathers.

For I will cause Elam to be dismayed Before their enemies, and Before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, Even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it Before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, Even Jerusalem:

• Idolatry

My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast Even set it Before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.

And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, Even the way directly Before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.

I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear Before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be Even unto the end.

And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and Before whom three fell; Even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.

And it came to pass, when I, Even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood Before me as the appearance of a man.

At that time will I bring you again, Even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity Before your eyes, saith the LORD.

• Temple

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way Before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, Even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, Even in this night, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.

And now when the Even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day Before the sabbath,

• Miracles

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, Even by him doth this man stand here Before you whole.

Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen Before of God, Even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

• Quickening

(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) Before him whom he believed, Even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

• Atonement

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, Even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained Before the world unto our glory:

For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, Even so our boasting, which I made Before Titus, is found a truth.

But Even after that we had suffered Before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

• Strengthened
• Heart
• Joy

For verily, when we were with you, we told you Before that we should suffer tribulation; Even as it came to pass, and ye know. For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

• Strengthened
• Heart

To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness Before God, Even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.