מַעַן

Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

Genesis 12:13

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

Genesis 18:19

• לְמַעַן֩lemaanparticletagged: so that
• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?

Genesis 18:24

• לְמַ֛עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

“Serve me,” said Isaac, “and let me eat some of my son’s game, so that I may bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; then he brought him wine, and he drank.

Genesis 27:25

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.

Genesis 37:22

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

Genesis 50:20

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.

Exodus 1:11

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”

Exodus 4:5

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

Exodus 8:10

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.

Exodus 8:22

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

Exodus 9:16

• וּלְמַ֛עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and so as

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

Exodus 9:29

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,

Exodus 10:1

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”

Exodus 10:2

• וּלְמַ֡עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and so that

But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

Exodus 11:7

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 11:9

• לְמַ֛עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

Exodus 13:9

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

Exodus 16:4

• לְמַ֧עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

Exodus 16:32

• לְמַ֣עַן׀lemaanparticletagged: so that

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:12

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

Exodus 23:12

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”

Exodus 33:13

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace to the LORD.

Leviticus 17:5

• לְמַעַן֩lemaanparticletagged: so that

And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.

Leviticus 20:3

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”

Leviticus 23:43

• לְמַעַן֮lemaanparticletagged: so that

Then you will remember and obey all My commandments, and you will be holy to your God.

Numbers 15:40

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.

Numbers 16:40

• לְ֠מַעַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Confer on him some of your authority, so that the whole congregation of Israel will obey him.

Numbers 27:20

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.

Numbers 36:8

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.

Deuteronomy 2:30

• לְמַ֛עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.

Deuteronomy 3:26

• לְמַ֣עַנְכֶ֔םlemaankhemparticle + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: on account of you

Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:1

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

Deuteronomy 4:40

• וּלְמַ֨עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and so that

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

Deuteronomy 5:14

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:16

• לְמַ֣עַן׀lemaanparticletagged: so that
• וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and so that

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

Deuteronomy 5:29

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

Deuteronomy 5:33

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.

Deuteronomy 6:2

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that
• וּלְמַ֖עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and so that

Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,

Deuteronomy 6:18

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.

Deuteronomy 6:23

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so as

You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

Deuteronomy 8:1

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

Deuteronomy 8:2

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 8:3

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

Deuteronomy 8:16

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as
• וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and so as

But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

Deuteronomy 8:18

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 9:5

• וּלְמַ֜עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and so as

You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,

Deuteronomy 11:8

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 11:9

• וּלְמַ֨עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and so that

so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

Deuteronomy 11:21

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:25

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 12:28

• לְמַעַן֩lemaanparticletagged: so that

Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,

Deuteronomy 13:17

• לְמַעַן֩lemaanparticletagged: so that

And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

Deuteronomy 14:23

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.

Deuteronomy 14:29

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 16:3

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 16:20

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’

Deuteronomy 17:16

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.

Deuteronomy 17:19

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

Deuteronomy 17:20

• לְמַעַן֩lemaanparticletagged: so that

so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 20:18

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

Deuteronomy 22:7

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 23:20

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Deuteronomy 24:19

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 25:15

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.

Deuteronomy 27:3

• לְמַ֡עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 29:6

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.

Deuteronomy 29:9

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 29:13

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

Deuteronomy 29:19

• לְמַ֛עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

Deuteronomy 30:6

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

Deuteronomy 30:19

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 31:12

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that
• וּלְמַ֣עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and so that

Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

Deuteronomy 31:19

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

Joshua 1:7

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.

Joshua 1:8

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

Joshua 3:4

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

Joshua 4:6

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”

Joshua 4:24

• לְ֠מַעַןlemaanparticletagged: so as
• לְמַ֧עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Joshua 11:20

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as
• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”

Judges 2:22

• לְמַ֛עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:

Judges 3:2

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so as

Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”

1 Samuel 15:15

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

1 Samuel 17:28

• לְמַ֛עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

2 Samuel 13:5

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

1 Kings 2:3

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’

1 Kings 2:4

• לְמַעַן֩lemaanparticletagged: so that

so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

1 Kings 8:40

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

1 Kings 8:41

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

1 Kings 8:43

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

1 Kings 8:60

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

1 Kings 11:12

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

1 Kings 11:13

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: for sake of
• וּלְמַ֥עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and for sake of

But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 11:32

• לְמַ֣עַן׀lemaanparticletagged: for sake of
• וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and for sake of

Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.

1 Kings 11:34

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

1 Kings 11:36

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”

1 Kings 11:39

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

1 Kings 12:15

• לְמַ֜עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

Nevertheless, for the sake of David, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and to make Jerusalem strong.

1 Kings 15:4

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

2 Kings 8:19

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

2 Kings 10:19

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

But the LORD was gracious to Israel and had compassion on them, and He turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day, the LORD has been unwilling to destroy them or cast them from His presence.

2 Kings 13:23

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

2 Kings 19:34

• לְמַֽעֲנִ֔יlemaaniparticle + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: for own sake my
• וּלְמַ֖עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and for sake of

I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

2 Kings 20:6

• לְמַֽעֲנִ֔יlemaaniparticle + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: for own sake my
• וּלְמַ֖עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and for sake of

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’

2 Kings 22:17

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so as

Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 23:24

• לְ֠מַעַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

1 Chronicles 28:8

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

2 Chronicles 6:31

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

2 Chronicles 6:32

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

2 Chronicles 6:33

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

2 Chronicles 10:15

• לְמַעַן֩lemaanparticletagged: so as

Yet the LORD was unwilling to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant He had made with David, and since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his descendants forever.

2 Chronicles 21:7

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

2 Chronicles 25:20

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 31:4

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Then the Assyrians called out loudly in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them in order to capture the city.

2 Chronicles 32:18

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’

2 Chronicles 34:25

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so as

Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’

Ezra 9:12

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.

Nehemiah 6:13

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that
• לְמַֽעַן־lemaan-particletagged: so that
• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

Job 18:4

• הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָhalmaankhaquestion particle + preposition + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ for sake your

then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

Job 19:29

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Job 40:8

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.

Psalms 5:8

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

Psalms 6:4

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

Psalms 8:2

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.

Psalms 9:14

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

Psalms 23:3

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.

Psalms 25:7

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

Psalms 25:11

• לְמַֽעַן־lemaan-particletagged: for sake of

Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.

Psalms 27:11

• לְ֝מַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.

Psalms 30:12

• לְמַ֤עַן׀lemaanparticletagged: so that

For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.

Psalms 31:3

• וּלְמַ֥עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and for sake of

Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.

Psalms 44:26

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

Psalms 48:11

• לְ֝מַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

Psalms 48:13

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

Psalms 51:4

• לְ֭מַעַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

Psalms 60:5

• לְ֭מַעַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”

Psalms 68:23

• לְמַ֤עַן׀lemaanparticletagged: so that

Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.

Psalms 69:18

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children

Psalms 78:6

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.

Psalms 79:9

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.

Psalms 97:8

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

Psalms 106:8

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

Psalms 108:6

• לְ֭מַעַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

Psalms 109:21

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.

Psalms 119:11

• לְ֝מַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.

Psalms 119:71

• לְ֝מַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame.

Psalms 119:80

• לְ֝מַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.

Psalms 119:101

• לְ֝מַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

Psalms 122:8

• לְ֭מַעַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Psalms 122:9

• לְ֭מַעַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

Psalms 125:3

• לְמַ֡עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

Psalms 130:4

• לְ֝מַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

Psalms 143:11

• לְמַֽעַן־lemaan-particletagged: for sake of

So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 2:20

• לְמַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

Proverbs 15:24

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

Proverbs 19:20

• לְ֝מַ֗עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

Isaiah 5:19

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

Isaiah 23:16

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

Isaiah 28:13

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.

Isaiah 30:1

• לְמַ֛עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Isaiah 37:35

• לְמַֽעֲנִ֔יlemaaniparticle + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: for own sake my
• וּלְמַ֖עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and for sake of

so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”

Isaiah 41:20

• לְמַ֧עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

Isaiah 42:21

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.

Isaiah 43:10

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

Isaiah 43:14

• לְמַעַנְכֶ֞םlemaankhemparticle + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: for sake your

I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Isaiah 43:25

• לְמַעֲנִ֑יlemaaniparticle + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: for own sake my

Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

Isaiah 43:26

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

Isaiah 44:9

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

Isaiah 45:3

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.

Isaiah 45:4

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: for sake of

so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45:6

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.

Isaiah 48:9

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

Isaiah 48:11

• לְמַעֲנִ֧יlemaaniparticle + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: for own sake my
• לְמַעֲנִ֛יlemaaniparticle + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: for own sake my

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

Isaiah 49:7

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: on account of

Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

Isaiah 55:5

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: on account of

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.

Isaiah 62:1

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of
• וּלְמַ֥עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and for sake of

Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

Isaiah 63:17

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.

Isaiah 65:8

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”

Isaiah 66:5

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.

Isaiah 66:11

• לְמַ֤עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that
• לְמַ֧עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Jeremiah 4:14

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?

Jeremiah 7:10

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.

Jeremiah 7:18

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?

Jeremiah 7:19

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

Jeremiah 7:23

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”

Jeremiah 10:18

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

Jeremiah 11:5

• לְמַעַן֩lemaanparticletagged: so as

Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.

Jeremiah 14:7

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.

Jeremiah 14:21

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: for sake of

‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’

Jeremiah 25:7

• לְמַ֧עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

Jeremiah 27:10

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

Jeremiah 27:15

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.

Jeremiah 32:14

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

Jeremiah 32:29

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.

Jeremiah 32:35

• לְמַ֖עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

Jeremiah 35:7

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

Jeremiah 36:3

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”

Jeremiah 42:6

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”

Jeremiah 43:3

• לְמַעַן֩lemaanparticletagged: so as

Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.

Jeremiah 44:8

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so as
• וּלְמַ֤עַןulemaanconjunction (“and”) + particletagged: and so as

This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.

Jeremiah 44:29

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:34

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so as

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:39

• לְמַ֣עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.

Ezekiel 4:17

• לְמַ֥עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.

Ezekiel 6:6

• לְמַעַן֩lemaanparticletagged: so that

so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 11:20

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Ezekiel 12:16

• לְמַ֨עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.

Ezekiel 12:19

• לְמַ֜עַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’

Ezekiel 14:5

• לְמַ֛עַןlemaanparticletagged: so as

in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”

Ezekiel 14:11

• לְ֠מַעַןlemaanparticletagged: so that

So you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did to comfort them.

Ezekiel 16:54

• לְמַ֙עַן֙lemaanparticletagged: so that

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 16:63

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With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

Ezekiel 19:9

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But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:9

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But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:14

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But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:22

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And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 20:26

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Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 20:44

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it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.

Ezekiel 21:10

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So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.

Ezekiel 21:15

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Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—

Ezekiel 21:28

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See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

Ezekiel 22:6

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Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

Ezekiel 22:9

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In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:12

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Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 22:27

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So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your bosom and pressed your young breasts.

Ezekiel 23:21

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Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.

Ezekiel 24:11

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I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.

Ezekiel 25:10

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then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 26:20

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This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’

Ezekiel 31:14

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Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.

Ezekiel 36:5

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Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.

Ezekiel 36:22

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I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.

Ezekiel 36:30

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It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!

Ezekiel 36:32

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You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 38:16

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For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.

Ezekiel 39:12

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“Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”

Ezekiel 40:4

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The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”

Ezekiel 46:18

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So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

Daniel 9:17

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O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

Daniel 9:19

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They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.

Hosea 8:4

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You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.

Joel 3:6

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This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

Amos 1:13

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They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Amos 2:7

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Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

Amos 5:14

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that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.

Amos 9:12

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Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.

Obadiah 1:9

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My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

Micah 6:5

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You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”

Micah 6:16

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Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

Habakkuk 2:2

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Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

Habakkuk 2:15

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The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.

Zechariah 12:7

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And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

Zechariah 13:4

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