While

408 times in 401 verses

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  1. For in just a little while My fury against you will subside, and My anger will turn to their destruction.”
  2. Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
  3. One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
  4. Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
  5. Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
  6. The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.
  7. For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
  8. Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  9. Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”
  10. The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
  11. But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
  12. While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
  13. Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
  14. And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:
  15. For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”
  16. 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.
  17. I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
  18. It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
  19. All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
  20. In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
  21. The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.
  22. While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
  23. Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
  24. How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute!
  25. …while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
  26. Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
  27. I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  28. This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.
  29. For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.
  30. While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,
  31. The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.
  32. And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.
  33. I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
  34. While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.
  35. While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
  36. While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.
  37. While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my feet,
  38. While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
  39. …while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
  40. While he was speaking these words to me, I set my face toward the ground and became speechless.
  41. For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
  42. On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
  43. So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
  44. This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
  45. Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
  46. “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
  47. You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
  48. For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
  49. On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
  50. And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
  51. Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.
  52. How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
  53. Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
  54. While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
  55. While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.
  56. Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
  57. But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
  58. Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds.
  59. While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
  60. A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
  61. While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
  62. While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
  63. But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.
  64. While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper,
  65. And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
  66. While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
  67. Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
  68. While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
  69. After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”
  70. While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
  71. “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
  72. While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.
  73. …and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
  74. Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.
  75. While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.
  76. Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
  77. Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
  78. While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
  79. And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
  80. Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.
  81. Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
  82. Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.
  83. While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
  84. While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately,
  85. While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head.
  86. And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with Me will betray Me.”
  87. While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”
  88. Then they came to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus told His disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”
  89. While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders.
  90. While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down
  91. But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”
  92. These women had followed Jesus and ministered to Him while He was in Galilee, and there were many other women who had come up to Jerusalem with Him.
  93. One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,
  94. This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
  95. While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.
  96. In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
  97. On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,
  98. While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
  99. Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
  100. How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.