Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Instead’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Instead’ occurs 313 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 11:3 And each one said to his neighbor, “Come, let us make bricks, and bake them with fire.” And they had bricks instead of stones, and pitch instead of mortar.Genesis 11:3
Genesis 22:13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and he saw behind his back a ram among the thorns, caught by the horns, which he took and offered as a holocaust, instead of his son.Genesis 22:13
Genesis 27:12 If my father should lay hands on me and perceive it, I am afraid lest he think me willing to mock him, and I will bring a curse upon myself, instead of a blessing.”Genesis 27:12
Number of the word / term Instead in Genesis: 3
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 4:32 But if instead he will offer from the flock a victim for his sin, specifically, an immaculate female sheep:Leviticus 4:32
Leviticus 7:18 If anyone will have eaten from the flesh of the victim of peace offerings on the third day, the oblation will be nullified; neither will it benefit the one who offered it. But instead, whatever soul will contaminate itself with such foods will be guilty of a betrayal.Leviticus 7:18
Number of the word / term Instead in Leviticus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 15:40 but instead, they, being more mindful of the precepts of the Lord, may do them and may be holy to their God.Numbers 15:40
Numbers 21:23 And he was not willing to allow Israel to cross through his borders. But instead, gathering an army, he went out to meet them in the desert, and he arrived at Jahaz and fought against them.Numbers 21:23
Number of the word / term Instead in Numbers: 2
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 1:26 Yet you were not willing to go there. Instead, being incredulous to the word of the Lord our God,Deuteronomy 1:26
Deuteronomy 4:26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that you shall quickly perish from the land, which, when you have crossed over the Jordan, you will possess. You will not live in it for a long time; instead, the Lord will destroy you.Deuteronomy 4:26
Deuteronomy 7:4 For she will seduce your son, so that he will not follow me, and so that he will instead serve foreign gods. And the fury of the Lord will be enraged, and he will quickly destroy you.Deuteronomy 7:4
Deuteronomy 7:5 So instead, you shall do this to them: overturn their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves, and burn up their graven images.Deuteronomy 7:5
Deuteronomy 7:18 do not be apprehensive. Instead, recall what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all the Egyptians:Deuteronomy 7:18
Deuteronomy 9:5 For it is not because of your justices or the uprightness of your heart that you will enter, so that you may possess their lands. Instead, it is because they have acted wickedly that they are destroyed upon your arrival, and so that the Lord may accomplish his word, which he promised under oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Deuteronomy 9:5
Deuteronomy 11:28 It will be a curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but instead you withdraw from the way, which I am revealing to you now, and you walk after foreign gods that you have not known.Deuteronomy 11:28
Deuteronomy 12:16 Only the blood you shall not eat. Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water.Deuteronomy 12:16
Deuteronomy 18:22 you shall have this sign. If whatever that prophet predicts in the name of the Lord does not happen, then the Lord has not spoken it. Instead, the prophet has formed it through the swelling of his own mind. And for this reason, you shall not fear him.’ ”Deuteronomy 18:22
Deuteronomy 19:21 You shall not take pity on him. Instead, you shall require a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.”Deuteronomy 19:21
Deuteronomy 21:23 his corpse shall not remain on the tree. Instead, he shall be buried on the same day. For he who hangs from a tree has been cursed by God, and you shall not defile your land, which the Lord your God will give to you as a possession.”Deuteronomy 21:23
Deuteronomy 22:1 “If you see your brother’s ox or sheep wander astray, you shall not pass by. Instead, you shall lead them back to your brother.Deuteronomy 22:1
Deuteronomy 22:4 If you see that your brother’s donkey or ox has fallen along the way, you shall not disregard it. Instead, you shall lift it up with him.Deuteronomy 22:4
Deuteronomy 24:5 When a man has recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, nor shall any public office be enjoined upon him. Instead, he shall be free at home without guilt, so that for one year he may rejoice with his wife.Deuteronomy 24:5
Deuteronomy 24:19 When you have reaped the grain in your field, and, having forgotten, you leave behind a sheaf, you shall not return to take it away. Instead, you shall permit the new arrival, and the orphan, and the widow to take it away, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands.Deuteronomy 24:19
Deuteronomy 24:20 If you have gathered the fruit of your olive trees, you shall not return in order to gather whatever may remain on the trees. Instead, you shall leave it behind for the new arrival, the orphan, and the widow.Deuteronomy 24:20
Deuteronomy 24:21 If you harvest the vintage of your vineyard, you shall not gather the remaining clusters. Instead, they shall fall to the use of the stranger, the orphan, and the widow.Deuteronomy 24:21
Deuteronomy 25:5 When brothers are living together, and one of them dies without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry another. Instead, his brother shall take her, and he shall raise up offspring for his brother.Deuteronomy 25:5
Deuteronomy 28:24 May the Lord give you dust instead of rain upon your land, and may ashes descend from heaven over you, until you have been wiped away.Deuteronomy 28:24
Deuteronomy 29:20 But the Lord would not ignore him. Instead, at that time, his fury and zealousness would be very greatly enflamed against that man, and all the curses which have been written in this volume would settle upon him. And the Lord would abolish his name from under heaven,Deuteronomy 29:20
Number of the word / term Instead in Deuteronomy: 20
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 1:8 The book of this law shall not depart from your mouth. Instead, you shall meditate upon it, day and night, so that you may observe and do all the things that are written in it. Then you shall direct your way and understand it.Joshua 1:8
Joshua 5:12 And the manna ceased after they ate from the grain of the land. And the sons of Israel no longer made use of that food. Instead, they ate from the grain of the present year, from the land of Canaan.Joshua 5:12
Joshua 5:14 And he responded: “Not at all. Instead, I am a prince of the host of the Lord, and now I have arrived.” Joshua fell prone on the ground. And reverencing, he said, “What does my lord say to his servant?”Joshua 5:14
Joshua 7:3 And returning, they said to him: “Let not the entire people go up. Instead, let two or three thousand men go out and destroy the city. Why should all the people be troubled without cause against enemies that are so very few?”Joshua 7:3
Joshua 9:7 “Perhaps instead, you live in the land which ought to be ours by lot, and we would be unable to form a pact with you.”Joshua 9:7
Joshua 10:19 But as for you, do not stay here; instead, pursue the enemies, and cut down the lattermost of those who are fleeing. You shall not permit those whom the Lord God has delivered into your hands to enter into the protection of their cities.”Joshua 10:19
Joshua 13:14 But to the tribe of Levi, he did not give a possession. Instead, the sacrifices and victims of the Lord, the God of Israel, these are his inheritance, just as he spoke to him.Joshua 13:14
Joshua 18:7 But there is no portion among you for the Levites. Instead, the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad and Reuben, and the one half tribe of Manasseh, have already received their possessions beyond the Jordan in the eastern region, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave to them.”Joshua 18:7
Joshua 21:44 And he gave them peace with all the surrounding nations. And none of their enemies dared to stand against them; instead, they were brought under their sovereignty.Joshua 21:44
Joshua 21:45 Indeed, not so much as one word that he had promised to provide for them was left empty; instead, everything was fulfilled.Joshua 21:45
Joshua 22:22 “The Lord, the almighty God, the Lord, the almighty God, he knows, and also Israel will understand: If we have constructed this altar with intent of transgression, let him not preserve us, but instead punish us immediately.Joshua 22:22
Joshua 22:28 And if they decide to say this, they shall respond to them: ‘Behold, the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for holocausts, and not for sacrifice, but instead as a testimony between us and you.’Joshua 22:28
Joshua 23:13 even now, know this: that the Lord your God will not wipe them away before your face. Instead, they shall be a pit and a snare to you, and a stumbling block at your side, and stakes in your eyes, until he takes you away and scatters you from this excellent land, which he has delivered to you.Joshua 23:13
Number of the word / term Instead in Joshua: 13
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Judges
Judges 1:29 And now Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite, who was living at Gezer; instead, he lived with him.Judges 1:29
Judges 1:30 Zebulun did not wipe out the inhabitants of Kitron and of Nahalal. Instead, the Canaanite lived in their midst and became their tributary.Judges 1:30
Judges 2:2 but only if you would not form a pact with the inhabitants of this land. Instead, you should overturn their altars. Yet you were not willing to listen to my voice. Why have you done this?Judges 2:2
Judges 3:22 so strongly that the handle followed the blade into the wound, and was enclosed by the great amount of fat. Neither did he withdraw the sword. Instead, he left it in the body just as he had struck with it. And immediately, by the private parts of nature, the filth of the bowels went out.Judges 3:22
Judges 6:27 Therefore, Gideon, taking ten men from his servants, did just as the Lord had instructed him. But fearing his father’s household, and the men of that city, he was not willing to do it by day. Instead, he completed everything by night.Judges 6:27
Judges 8:23 And he said to them: “I will not rule over you. Neither shall my son rule over you. Instead, the Lord shall rule over you.”Judges 8:23
Judges 11:20 But he, too, despising the words of Israel, would not permit him to cross through his borders. Instead, gathering an innumerable multitude, he went out against him at Jahaz, and he resisted strongly.Judges 11:20
Judges 15:2 “I thought that you would hate her, and therefore I gave her to your friend. But she has a sister, who is younger and more beautiful than she is. And she may be a wife for you, instead of her.”Judges 15:2
Judges 17:6 In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.Judges 17:6
Judges 19:10 His son-in-law was not willing to agree to his words. Instead, he immediately continued on, and he arrived opposite Jebus, which by another name is called Jerusalem, leading with him two donkeys carrying burdens, and his mate.Judges 19:10
Judges 19:12 His lord responded to him: “I will not enter into the town of a foreign people, who are not of the sons of Israel. Instead, I will cross over as far as Gibeah.Judges 19:12
Judges 20:32 For they thought that they were falling back as they had done before. But instead, skillfully feigning flight, they undertook a plan to draw them away from the city, and by seeming to flee, to lead them along the above stated paths.Judges 20:32
Judges 21:22 And when their fathers and brothers arrive, and they begin to complain against you and to argue, we will say to them: ‘Take pity on them. For they have not seized them by right of war or conquest. Instead, begging to receive them, you did not give them, and so the sin was on your part.’ ”Judges 21:22
Judges 21:25 In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.Judges 21:25
Number of the word / term Instead in Judges: 14
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 1:14 and so he said to her: “How long will you be inebriated? You should take only a little wine, but instead you are drenched.”1 Samuel 1:14
1 Samuel 1:15 Responding, Hannah said: “By no means, my lord. For I am an exceedingly unhappy woman, and I drank neither wine, nor anything that can inebriate. Instead, I have poured out my soul in the sight of the Lord.1 Samuel 1:15
1 Samuel 2:30 Because of this, the Lord God of Israel says: I have spoken clearly, so that your house, and the house of your father, may minister in my sight, even forever. But now the Lord says: May this be far from me. Instead, whoever will have glorified me, I will glorify him. But whoever despises me, they will be despised.1 Samuel 2:30
1 Samuel 6:3 “If you send back the ark of the God of Israel, do not choose to release it empty. Instead, repay to him what you owe because of sin. And then you will be cured. And you will know why his hand did not withdraw from you.”1 Samuel 6:3
1 Samuel 6:9 And you shall watch. And if, indeed, it ascends by the way of his own parts, toward Beth-shemesh, then he has done this great evil to us. But if not, then we shall know that it is by no means his hand that has touched us, but instead it happened by chance.”1 Samuel 6:9
1 Samuel 8:3 But his sons did not walk in his ways. Instead, they turned aside, pursuing avarice. And they accepted bribes, and they perverted judgment.1 Samuel 8:3
1 Samuel 8:19 But the people were not willing to listen to the voice of Samuel. Instead, they said: “By no means! For there shall be a king over us,1 Samuel 8:19
1 Samuel 10:19 But today you have rejected your God, who alone saved you from all your evils and tribulations. And you have said: ‘By no means! Instead, appoint a king over us.’ Now therefore, stand in the sight of the Lord, by your tribes and by your families.”1 Samuel 10:19
1 Samuel 12:12 Then, seeing that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, had arrived against you, you said to me, ‘By no means! Instead, a king shall reign over us,’ even though the Lord your God was reigning over you.1 Samuel 12:12
1 Samuel 12:15 But if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord, but instead you provoke his words, then the hand of the Lord will be over you and over your fathers.1 Samuel 12:15
1 Samuel 12:20 Then Samuel said to the people: “Do not be afraid. You have done all this evil. Yet truly, do not choose to withdraw from the back of the Lord. Instead, serve the Lord with all your heart.1 Samuel 12:20
1 Samuel 15:3 Now therefore, go and strike Amalek, and demolish all that is his. You shall not spare him, and you shall not covet anything out of the things that are his. Instead, kill from man even to woman, and little ones as well as infants, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”1 Samuel 15:3
1 Samuel 15:19 Why then, did you not listen to the voice of the Lord? Instead, you turned to the spoils, and you did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”1 Samuel 15:19
1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said: “Does the Lord want holocausts and victims, and not instead that the voice of the Lord should be obeyed? For obedience is better than sacrifice. And to heed is greater than to offer the fat of rams.1 Samuel 15:22
1 Samuel 25:34 But instead, as the Lord God of Israel lives, he has prevented me from doing evil to you. But if you had not come quickly to meet me, there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light, anything that urinates against a wall.”1 Samuel 25:34
Number of the word / term Instead in 1 Samuel: 15
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 5:23 Then David consulted the Lord, “Shall I ascend against the Philistines, and will you deliver them into my hands?” And he responded: “You shall not ascend against them; instead, circle behind their back. And you shall come to them from the side opposite the balsam trees.2 Samuel 5:23
2 Samuel 6:10 And he was not willing to send the ark of the Lord to himself in the city of David. Instead, he sent it into the house of Obededom, the Gittite.2 Samuel 6:10
2 Samuel 7:6 For I have not lived in a house from the day that I led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt, even to this day. Instead, I have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent.2 Samuel 7:6
2 Samuel 12:23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Would I be able to bring him back anymore? Instead, I will go to him. Yet truly, he will not return to me.”2 Samuel 12:23
2 Samuel 13:14 But he was not willing to agree to her petition. Instead, prevailing by strength, he forced her, and he lay with her.2 Samuel 13:14
2 Samuel 14:14 We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.2 Samuel 14:14
2 Samuel 17:16 Now therefore, send quickly, and report to David, saying: ‘You shall not stay this night in the plains of the desert. Instead, without delay, go across. Otherwise the king may be engulfed, and all the people who are with him.’ ”2 Samuel 17:16
2 Samuel 18:14 And Joab said, “It will not be as you wish. Instead, I will be assailing him in your sight.” Then he took three lances in his hand, and he fixed them in the heart of Absalom. And while he was still clinging to life upon the oak,2 Samuel 18:14
2 Samuel 18:20 And Joab said to him: “You shall not be the messenger on this day. Instead, you shall report on another day. I am not willing for you to give the report today, because the son of the king is dead.”2 Samuel 18:20
2 Samuel 20:3 And when the king had entered his house at Jerusalem, he took the ten women concubines, whom he had left behind to care for the house, and he put them into custody, allowing them provisions. But he did not enter to them. Instead, they were enclosed, even until the day of their deaths, living as widows.2 Samuel 20:3
2 Samuel 23:16 Therefore, the three valiant men burst into the encampment of the Philistines, and they drew water from the cistern of Bethlehem, which was beside the gate. And they brought it to David. Yet he was not willing to drink; instead, he poured it out to the Lord,2 Samuel 23:16
2 Samuel 24:24 And in response, the king said to him: “It shall not be as you wish. Instead, I will purchase it from you at a price. For I will not offer to the Lord, my God, holocausts that cost nothing.” Therefore, David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.2 Samuel 24:24
Number of the word / term Instead in 2 Samuel: 12
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 2:30 And Benaiah went to the tabernacle of the Lord, and he said to him: “The king says this: ‘Come out.’ ” But he said: “I will not come out. Instead, I will die here.” Benaiah sent word back to the king, saying, “Joab said this, and he responded to me in this way.”1 Kings 2:30
1 Kings 3:11 And the Lord said to Solomon: “Since you have requested this word, and you have not asked for many days or for wealth for yourself, nor for the lives of your enemies, but instead you have requested for yourself wisdom in order to discern judgment:1 Kings 3:11
1 Kings 3:22 And the other woman responded: “It is not such as you say. Instead, your son is dead, but mine is alive.” To the contrary, she said: “You are lying. For my son lives, and your son is dead.” And in this manner, they were contending before the king.1 Kings 3:22
1 Kings 3:23 Then said the king: “This one says, ‘My son is alive, and your son is dead.’ And the other responds, ‘No, instead your son is dead, but mine lives.’ ”1 Kings 3:23
1 Kings 3:26 But the woman, whose son was alive, said to the king, for her heart was moved concerning her son, “I beg you, my lord, give the living infant to her, and do not kill him.” To the contrary, the other said, “Let it be neither for me, nor for you, instead divide it.”1 Kings 3:26
1 Kings 8:16 ‘From the day when I led my people Israel away from Egypt, I did not choose any city out of all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built, and so that my name might be there. Instead, I chose David to be over my people Israel.’1 Kings 8:16
1 Kings 8:19 Yet truly, you shall not build a house for me. Instead, your son, who shall go forth from your loins, he himself shall build a house to my name.’1 Kings 8:19
1 Kings 9:6 But if you and your sons, wandering, will have turned away, not following me, and not keeping my commandments and my ceremonies, which I have proposed to you, but instead you go away, and you serve strange gods and adore them,1 Kings 9:6
1 Kings 11:13 Neither will I take away the whole kingdom. Instead, I will grant one tribe to your son, for the sake of David, my servant, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”1 Kings 11:13
1 Kings 11:34 But I will not take the entire kingdom from his hand. Instead, I will establish him as the ruler during all the days of his life, for the sake of my servant David, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my precepts.1 Kings 11:34
1 Kings 13:33 After these words, Jeroboam did not turn back from his very evil way. Instead, to the contrary, he made priests for the high places out of the least of the people. Whosoever was willing, he filled his hand, and he became a priest of the high places.1 Kings 13:33
1 Kings 21:29 “Have you not seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Therefore, since he has humbled himself because of me, I will not lead in the evil during his days. Instead, during the days of his son, I will bring in the evil to his house.”1 Kings 21:29
Number of the word / term Instead in 1 Kings: 12
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 1:4 For this reason, thus says the Lord: From the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.’ ” And Elijah went away.2 Kings 1:4
2 Kings 1:6 But they responded to him: “A man met us, and he said to us: ‘Go, and return to the king who sent you. And you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel that you are sending to consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, from the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.’ ”2 Kings 1:6
2 Kings 1:16 And he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Because you sent messengers to consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron, as if there were no God in Israel, from whom you would be able to seek a word, therefore, from the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.”2 Kings 1:16
2 Kings 6:22 And he said: “You should not strike them. For you did not capture them with your sword or bow, so that you might strike them. Instead, set bread and water before them, so that they may eat and drink, and then go to their lord.”2 Kings 6:22
2 Kings 9:12 But they responded, “That is false; instead, you should tell us.” And he said to them, “He said to me these certain things, and he said, ‘Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you as king over Israel.’ ”2 Kings 9:12
2 Kings 12:7 And king Jehoash called the high priest, Jehoiada, and the priests, saying to them: “Why have you not repaired the surfaces of the temple? Therefore, you may no longer accept money according to your ranks. Instead, return it in order that the temple may be repaired.”2 Kings 12:7
2 Kings 12:15 And they did not ration the money to the men who received it in order to distribute it to the artisans. Instead, they bestowed it with faith.2 Kings 12:15
2 Kings 13:6 Yet truly, they did not withdraw from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who had caused Israel to sin. Instead, they walked by them. And there was even a sacred grove still remaining in Samaria.2 Kings 13:6
2 Kings 13:11 And he did what is evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not turn aside from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. Instead, he walked by them.2 Kings 13:11
2 Kings 14:6 But the sons of those who had been killed he did not put to death, in accord with what was written in the book of the law of Moses, just as the Lord instructed, saying: “The fathers shall not die for the sons, and the sons shall not die for the fathers. Instead, each one shall die for his own sin.”2 Kings 14:6
2 Kings 14:27 But the Lord did not say that he would wipe away the name of Israel from under heaven. So instead, he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam, the son of Jehoash.2 Kings 14:27
2 Kings 17:14 But they did not listen. Instead, they hardened their necks to be like the neck of their fathers, who were not willing to obey the Lord, their God.2 Kings 17:14
2 Kings 17:19 But even Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord, their God. Instead, they walked in the errors of Israel, which they had wrought.2 Kings 17:19
2 Kings 17:40 Yet truly, they did not listen to this. Instead, they acted in accord with their earlier custom.2 Kings 17:40
2 Kings 18:12 For they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, their God. Instead, they transgressed his covenant. All that Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed, they would neither hear, nor do.2 Kings 18:12
2 Kings 18:27 And Rabshakeh responded to them, saying: “Has my lord sent me to your lord and to you, so that I may speak these words, and not instead to the men who are sitting upon the wall, so that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?”2 Kings 18:27
2 Kings 19:18 And they have cast their gods into the fire. For they were not gods, but instead were the works of men’s hands, out of wood and stone. And so they destroyed them.2 Kings 19:18
2 Kings 20:10 And Hezekiah said: “It is an easy for the shadow to increase for ten lines. And so I do not wish that this be done. Instead, let it turn back for ten degrees.”2 Kings 20:10
2 Kings 21:9 Yet truly, they did not listen. Instead, they were seduced by Manasseh, so that they did evil, more so than the nations that the Lord crushed before the face of the sons of Israel.2 Kings 21:9
2 Kings 22:7 Yet truly, let no account be given by them of the money that they receive. Instead, let them have it within their power and trust.”2 Kings 22:7
Number of the word / term Instead in 2 Kings: 20
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 11:18 Therefore, these three broke through to the midst of the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water from the well of Bethlehem, which was at the gate. And they took it to David, so that he might drink. But he was not willing; and instead, he offered it as a libation to the Lord,1 Chronicles 11:18
1 Chronicles 13:13 And for this reason, he did not bring it to himself, that is, into the City of David. Instead, he turned aside to the house of Obededom, the Gittite.1 Chronicles 13:13
1 Chronicles 16:21 He did not permit anyone to falsely accuse them. Instead, he reproved kings on their behalf:1 Chronicles 16:21
1 Chronicles 17:5 For I have not stayed in a house from the time when I led out Israel, even to this day. Instead, I have been continually changing places, in a tabernacle and tent,1 Chronicles 17:5
1 Chronicles 21:4 But the word of the king prevailed instead. And Joab went away, and he traveled around, through all of Israel. And he returned to Jerusalem.1 Chronicles 21:4
1 Chronicles 21:24 And king David said to him: “By no means shall it be so. Instead, I will give money to you, as much as it is worth. For I must not take it from you, and thereby offer to the Lord holocausts that cost nothing.”1 Chronicles 21:24
Number of the word / term Instead in 1 Chronicles: 6
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 1:11 Then God said to Solomon: “Since this is the choice that pleased your heart, and you did not request wealth and substance and glory, nor the lives of those who hate you, nor even many days of life, since instead you requested wisdom and knowledge so that you may be able to judge my people, over whom I have appointed you as king:2 Chronicles 1:11
2 Chronicles 15:5 In that time, there will be no peace for those who depart and those who enter. Instead, there will be terror on every side, among all the inhabitants of the lands.2 Chronicles 15:5
2 Chronicles 16:12 And now Asa became ill, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, with a very severe pain in his feet. And yet, in his infirmity, he did not seek the Lord. Instead, he trusted more in the skill of physicians.2 Chronicles 16:12
2 Chronicles 20:10 Now therefore, behold the sons of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands you did not permit Israel to cross when they were departing from Egypt. Instead, they turned aside from them, and they did not put them to death.2 Chronicles 20:10
2 Chronicles 20:17 It will not be you who will fight. Instead, only stand with confidence, and you will see the help of the Lord over you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid. Neither should you be dismayed. Tomorrow you shall go forth against them, and the Lord will be with you.”2 Chronicles 20:17
2 Chronicles 21:13 but instead you have advanced along the paths of the kings of Israel, and you have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fornicate, imitating the fornication of the house of Ahab, and moreover, you have killed your brothers, the house of your father, who are better than you:2 Chronicles 21:13
2 Chronicles 24:22 And king Joash did not remember the mercy with which Jehoiada, his father, had treated him; instead he put to death his son. And as he was dying, he said: “May the Lord see and take account.”2 Chronicles 24:22
2 Chronicles 25:4 But he did not put to death their sons, just as it was written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord instructed, saying: “The fathers shall not be slain because of the sons, nor the sons because of their fathers. Instead, each one shall die for his own sin.”2 Chronicles 25:4
2 Chronicles 35:3 Also, he spoke with the Levites, by whose instruction all of Israel was sanctified to the Lord, saying: “Place the ark in the sanctuary of the temple, which Solomon, the son of David, the king of Israel, built. For never again shall you carry it. Instead, now you shall minister to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel.2 Chronicles 35:3
2 Chronicles 35:21 But he sent messengers to him, saying: “What is there between me and you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today. Instead, I am fighting against another house, to which God instructed me to go promptly. Refrain from acting against God, who is with me, otherwise he may kill you.”2 Chronicles 35:21
2 Chronicles 35:22 Josiah was not willing to return. Instead, he prepared for war against him. Neither would he agree to the words of Neco from the mouth of God. In truth, he traveled so that he might do battle in the field of Megiddo.2 Chronicles 35:22
2 Chronicles 36:17 For he led over them the king of the Chaldeans. And he put to death their young men by the sword, in the house of his sanctuary. There was no pity for adolescents, nor virgins, nor the elderly, nor even for the disabled. Instead, he delivered them all into his hands.2 Chronicles 36:17
Number of the word / term Instead in 2 Chronicles: 12
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 4:3 And Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of the fathers of Israel said to them: “It is not for you to build the house of our God with us. Instead, we alone shall build to the Lord our God, just as Cyrus, the king of the Persians, has commanded us.”Ezra 4:3
Number of the word / term Instead in Ezra: 1
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Esther
Esther 2:4 And whoever among them all will please the king’s eyes, let her reign instead of Vashti.” The idea pleased the king, and so he ordered it to be done as they had suggested.Esther 2:4
Esther 2:17 And the king loved her more than all the women, and she had favor and mercy in his eyes above all the women, and he set the royal crown on her head, and he made her queen instead of Vashti.Esther 2:17
Number of the word / term Instead in Esther: 2
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Job
Job 4:8 In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,Job 4:8
Job 24:20 Let mercy forget him. His charm is worms. Let him not be remembered, but instead be broken like an unfruitful tree.Job 24:20
Job 31:40 then, may thistles spring forth for me instead of grain, and thorns instead of barley. (This ended the words of Job.)Job 31:40
Number of the word / term Instead in Job: 3
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 109:5 And they set evil against me, instead of good, and hatred, in return for my love.Psalm 109:5
Number of the word / term Instead in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 11:8 The just one is freed from anguish. And the impious one will be handed over instead of him.Proverbs 11:8
Proverbs 20:16 Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.Proverbs 20:16
Proverbs 21:18 The impious is given over instead of the just, and the iniquitous is given over in place of the upright.Proverbs 21:18
Number of the word / term Instead in Proverbs: 3
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 3:16 I saw under the sun: instead of judgment, impiety, and instead of justice, iniquity.Ecclesiastes 3:16
Ecclesiastes 6:2 It is a man to whom God has given wealth, and resources, and honor; and out of all that he desires, nothing is lacking to his life; yet God does not grant him the ability to consume these things, but instead a man who is a stranger will devour them. This is emptiness and a great misfortune.Ecclesiastes 6:2
Number of the word / term Instead in Ecclesiastes: 2
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 5:25 For this reason, the fury of the Lord has been enraged against his people, and he has extended his hand over them, and he has struck them. And the mountains were disturbed. And their carcasses became like dung in the midst of the streets. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.Isaiah 5:25
Isaiah 7:22 and, instead of an abundance of milk, he will eat butter. For all who are left behind in the midst of the land will eat butter and honey.Isaiah 7:22
Isaiah 8:6 “Because this people has cast aside the waters of Shiloah, which go forth silently, and has instead chosen Rezin and the son of Remaliah,Isaiah 8:6
Isaiah 9:12 the Syrians from the east and the Philistines from the west. And they will devour Israel with their whole mouth. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.Isaiah 9:12
Isaiah 9:17 For this reason, the Lord will not rejoice over their youths. And he will not take pity on their orphans and widows. For each one is a hypocrite, and each one is wicked, and every mouth has spoken foolishness. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.Isaiah 9:17
Isaiah 9:21 After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.Isaiah 9:21
Isaiah 10:4 so that you may not be bowed down under the chains, and fall with the slain? Concerning all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.Isaiah 10:4
Isaiah 10:7 But he will not consider it to be so, and his heart will not suppose it to be this way. Instead, his heart will be set to crush and to exterminate more than a few nations.Isaiah 10:7
Isaiah 10:20 And this shall be in that day: those not added to the remnant of Israel, and those who escape of the house of Jacob, will not lean upon him who strikes them. Instead, they will lean upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.Isaiah 10:20
Isaiah 27:5 Or will he, instead, take hold of my strength? Will he make peace with me? Will she make peace with me?Isaiah 27:5
Isaiah 28:24 Would the plowman, after plowing all day so that he may sow, instead cut open and hoe his soil?Isaiah 28:24
Isaiah 28:27 For coriander cannot be threshed with a saw, and a cartwheel cannot revolve over cumin. Instead, coriander is shaken out with a stick, and cumin with a staff.Isaiah 28:27
Isaiah 30:2 You are walking so as to descend into Egypt, and you have not sought answers from my mouth, instead hoping for assistance from the strength of Pharaoh and placing trust in the shadow of Egypt.Isaiah 30:2
Isaiah 30:16 And you have said: “Never! Instead, we will flee by horseback.” For this reason, you will be put to flight. And you have said, “We will climb upon swift ones.” For this reason, those who pursue you will be even swifter.Isaiah 30:16
Isaiah 34:12 Its nobles will not be in that place. Instead, they will call upon the king, and all its leaders will be as nothing.Isaiah 34:12
Isaiah 58:6 Is not this, instead, the kind of fast that I have chosen? Release the constraints of impiety; relieve the burdens that oppress; freely forgive those who are broken; and break apart every burden.Isaiah 58:6
Isaiah 60:19 The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon illuminate you. Instead, the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and your God will be your glory.Isaiah 60:19
Isaiah 62:4 You will no longer called Forsaken. And your land will no longer be called Desolate. Instead, you shall be called My Will within it, and your land shall be called Inhabited. For the Lord has been well pleased with you, and your land will be inhabited.Isaiah 62:4
Isaiah 65:6 Behold, it has been written in my sight; I will not be silent. Instead, I will render retribution into their sinews.Isaiah 65:6
Number of the word / term Instead in Isaiah: 19
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 7:24 But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Instead, they walked by their own will and in the depravity of their own wicked heart. And so, they went backward, and not forward,Jeremiah 7:24
Jeremiah 7:26 But they have not listened to me, nor have they inclined their ear. Instead, they have stiffened their neck, and they have behaved worse than their fathers did.Jeremiah 7:26
Jeremiah 7:32 For this reason, behold, the days will arrive, says the Lord, when it will no longer be called Topheth, nor the Valley of the son of Hinnom, but instead the Valley of Slaughter. Yet they will bury in Topheth, because there will be no other place.Jeremiah 7:32
Jeremiah 11:8 But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Instead, each one of them walked in the depravity of his own evil heart. And so, I brought over them all the words of this covenant, which I instructed them to do. But they would not do them.”Jeremiah 11:8
Jeremiah 14:13 And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! The prophets are saying to them: ‘You will not see the sword, and there will be no famine among you. Instead, he will give you true peace in this place.’ ”Jeremiah 14:13
Jeremiah 16:15 but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led the sons of Israel away from the land of the north,’ and from all the lands to which I have cast them out. And I will lead them back into their own land, which I gave to their fathers.Jeremiah 16:15
Jeremiah 17:6 For he will be like a saltcedar tree in the desert. And he will not perceive it, when what is good has arrived. Instead, he will live in dryness, in a desert, in a land of salt, which is uninhabitable.Jeremiah 17:6
Jeremiah 17:23 But they did not listen, nor did they incline their ear. Instead, they hardened their neck, lest they listen to me and receive discipline.Jeremiah 17:23
Jeremiah 20:3 And when it had become light on the next day, Pashhur led Jeremiah from the stocks. And Jeremiah said to him: “The Lord has not called your name: ‘Pashhur,’ but instead: ‘Fear all around.’ ”Jeremiah 20:3
Jeremiah 23:8 but instead, ‘As the Lord lives, who led away and brought back the offspring of the house of Israel from the land of the north and from the entire earth,’ from the places to which I had cast them out. And they will live in their own land.”Jeremiah 23:8
Jeremiah 27:17 Therefore, do not choose to listen to them, but instead, serve the king of Babylon, so that you may live. Why should this city be given over into desolation?Jeremiah 27:17
Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with you, says the Lord, so that I may save you. For I will bring about the consummation of all the nations, among which I have scattered you. But I will not bring about your consummation. Instead, I will chastise you in judgment, so that you will not seem innocent to yourself.”Jeremiah 30:11
Jeremiah 32:4 And Zedekiah, the king of Judah, will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans. Instead, he will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon. And he will speak to him, mouth to mouth, and he will see him, eye to eye.Jeremiah 32:4
Jeremiah 34:3 And you will not escape from his hand. Instead, you will be overtaken and captured, and you will be delivered into his hand. And your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth will speak with your mouth, and you will enter into Babylon.Jeremiah 34:3
Jeremiah 35:7 And you shall not build houses, and you shall not sow any seeds, and you shall not plant or have vineyards. Instead, you shall live in tents all your days, so that you may live many days upon the face of the earth, in which you are sojourners.’Jeremiah 35:7
Jeremiah 38:23 And all your wives and your sons will be led away to the Chaldeans, and you will not escape from their hands. Instead, you will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon. And he will burn this city with fire.”Jeremiah 38:23
Jeremiah 39:18 But when delivering, I will free you. And you will not fall by the sword. Instead, your life will be saved for you, because you had faith in me, says the Lord.”Jeremiah 39:18
Jeremiah 42:14 saying: ‘Never! Instead, we will travel to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, and we will not hear the blast of the trumpet, and we will not endure famine. And there we shall live.’Jeremiah 42:14
Jeremiah 46:28 And as for you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid, says the Lord. For I am with you. For I will consume all the nations to which I have cast you out. Yet truly, I will not consume you. Instead, I will chastise you in judgment, but neither will I spare you, as if you were innocent.”Jeremiah 46:28
Jeremiah 49:12 For thus says the Lord: “Behold, those who judged that they would not drink the cup, will certainly drink. And so, will you be released as if you were innocent? You will not be released as if innocent. Instead, you shall certainly drink.Jeremiah 49:12
Jeremiah 50:13 By the wrath of the Lord, it will not be inhabited. Instead, it will be entirely desolate. Every one who passes by Babylon will be stupefied and will hiss over all her wounds.Jeremiah 50:13
Jeremiah 51:26 And they will not take from you a stone for the corner, nor a stone for the foundations. Instead, you will be destroyed unto eternity,” says the Lord.Jeremiah 51:26
Number of the word / term Instead in Jeremiah: 22
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 1:9 And their wings were joined to one another. They did not turn as they went. Instead, each one advanced before his face.Ezekiel 1:9
Ezekiel 7:4 And my eye will not be lenient over you, and I will not take pity. Instead, I will set your ways upon you, and your abominations will be in your midst. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”Ezekiel 7:4
Ezekiel 7:9 And my eye will not be lenient, nor will I take pity. Instead, I will place your ways upon you, and your abominations will be in your midst. And you shall know that I am the Lord, who is striking.Ezekiel 7:9
Ezekiel 10:11 And when they went, they advanced in four parts. And they did not turn as they went. Instead, to the place to which they were inclined to go at first, the rest also followed, and they did not turn back.Ezekiel 10:11
Ezekiel 11:12 And you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my precepts, and you have not accomplished my judgments. Instead, you have acted in accord with the judgments of the Gentiles, who are all around you.”Ezekiel 11:12
Ezekiel 12:25 For I, the Lord, will speak. And whatever word I will speak, it shall be done, and it shall not be delayed any more. Instead, in your days, O provoking house, I will speak a word and do it, says the Lord God.”Ezekiel 12:25
Ezekiel 14:11 So may the house of Israel no longer go astray from me, nor be polluted by all their transgressions. Instead, may they be my people, and may I be their God, says the Lord of hosts.”Ezekiel 14:11
Ezekiel 16:5 No eye took pity on you, so as to do even one of these things to you, out of compassion for you. Instead, you were cast upon the face of the earth, in the abjection of your soul, on the day when you were born.Ezekiel 16:5
Ezekiel 16:32 but instead like a woman who is an adulteress, who prefers strangers to her own husband.Ezekiel 16:32
Ezekiel 17:14 so that it may be a lowly kingdom, and may not lift itself up, and may instead keep his pact and serve it.Ezekiel 17:14
Ezekiel 18:16 and who has not grieved any man, nor withheld the collateral, nor seized by violence, but instead has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,Ezekiel 18:16
Ezekiel 18:17 who has averted his hand from injuring the poor, who has not taken usury and an overabundance, who has acted according to my judgments and walked in my precepts, then this one shall not die for the iniquity of his father; instead, he shall certainly live.Ezekiel 18:17
Ezekiel 18:25 And you have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?Ezekiel 18:25
Ezekiel 18:29 And yet the sons of Israel say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ How could it be that my ways are not fair, O house of Israel? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?Ezekiel 18:29
Ezekiel 24:23 You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet. You shall not lament, and you shall not weep. Instead, you will waste away in your iniquities, and each one will groan to his brother.Ezekiel 24:23
Ezekiel 34:4 What was weak, you have not strengthened, and what was sick, you have not healed. What was broken, you have not bound, and what was cast aside, you have not led back again, and what was lost, you have not sought. Instead, you ruled over them with severity and with power.Ezekiel 34:4
Ezekiel 34:8 As I live, says the Lord God, since my flocks have become a prey, and my sheep have been devoured by all the wild beasts of the field, since there was no shepherd, for my shepherds did not seek my flock, but instead the shepherds fed themselves, and they did not feed my flocks:Ezekiel 34:8
Ezekiel 34:28 And they will no longer be a prey to the Gentiles, nor will the wild beasts of the earth devour them. Instead, they will live in confidence without any terror.Ezekiel 34:28
Ezekiel 44:13 And they shall not draw near to me, so as to exercise the priesthood for me, and they shall not approach to any of my holy things, which are near the Holy of Holies. Instead, they will bear their shame and their wicked deeds, which they committed.Ezekiel 44:13
Ezekiel 44:20 Now they shall not shave their heads, and they shall not grow long hair. Instead, they shall trim the hair of their heads.Ezekiel 44:20
Ezekiel 44:22 And they shall not take as wife a widow or one who has been divorced. Instead, they shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel. But they may also take a widow, if she is the widow of a priest.Ezekiel 44:22
Ezekiel 45:8 A portion of the land in Israel shall be for him. And the princes shall no longer plunder my people. Instead, they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.Ezekiel 45:8
Ezekiel 46:9 And when the people of the land will enter in the sight of the Lord on the solemnities, whoever enters by the north gate so that he may adore, shall depart by the way of the south gate. And whoever enters by the way of the south gate shall depart by the way of the north gate. He shall not return by way of the gate through which he entered. Instead, he shall depart from the direction opposite to it.Ezekiel 46:9
Ezekiel 46:18 And the prince shall not take from the inheritance of the people by force, nor from their possession. Instead, from his own possession, he shall give an inheritance to his sons, so that my people will not be scattered, each one from his possession.”Ezekiel 46:18
Number of the word / term Instead in Ezekiel: 24
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 9:17 Neither do they pour new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wineskins rupture, and the wine pours out, and the wineskins are destroyed. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins. And so, both are preserved.”Matthew 9:17
Matthew 10:6 but instead go to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel.Matthew 10:6
Matthew 10:28 And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But instead fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.Matthew 10:28
Matthew 18:30 But he was not willing. Instead, he went out and had him sent to prison, until he would repay the debt.Matthew 18:30
Matthew 22:30 For in the resurrection, they shall neither marry, nor be given in marriage. Instead, they shall be like the Angels of God in heaven.Matthew 22:30
Number of the word / term Instead in Matthew: 5
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Mark
Mark 2:22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins, and the wine will pour out, and the wineskins will be lost. Instead, new wine must be put into new wineskins.”Mark 2:22
Mark 3:26 And if Satan has risen up against himself, he would be divided, and he would not be able to stand; instead he reaches the end.Mark 3:26
Mark 3:29 But he who will have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit shall not have forgiveness in eternity; instead he shall be guilty of an eternal offense.”Mark 3:29
Mark 5:26 And she had endured much from several physicians, and she had spent everything she owned with no benefit at all, but instead she became worse.Mark 5:26
Mark 10:43 But it is not to be this way among you. Instead, whoever would become greater shall be your minister;Mark 10:43
Mark 15:11 Then the chief priests incited the crowd, so that he would release Barabbas to them instead.Mark 15:11
Number of the word / term Instead in Mark: 6
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Luke
Luke 1:60 And in response, his mother said: “Not so. Instead, he shall be called John.”Luke 1:60
Luke 8:16 Now no one, lighting a candle, covers it with a container, or sets it under a bed. Instead, he places it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.Luke 8:16
Luke 11:11 So then, who among you, if he asks his father for bread, he would give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he would give him a serpent, instead of a fish?Luke 11:11
Luke 14:35 It is useful neither in soil, nor in manure, so instead, it shall be thrown away. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”Luke 14:35
Luke 22:26 But it must not be so with you. Instead, whoever is greater among you, let him become the lesser. And whoever is the leader, let him become the server.Luke 22:26
Luke 23:28 But Jesus, turning to them, said: “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep over me. Instead, weep over yourselves and over your children.Luke 23:28
Number of the word / term Instead in Luke: 6
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book John
John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever is unbelieving toward the Son shall not see life; instead the wrath of God remains upon him.”John 3:36
John 5:24 Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.John 5:24
John 5:34 But I do not accept testimony from man. Instead, I say these things, so that you may be saved.John 5:34
John 7:24 Do not judge according to appearances, but instead judge a just judgment.”John 7:24
John 10:5 But they do not follow a stranger; instead they flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”John 10:5
John 10:18 No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father.”John 10:18
John 16:13 But when the Spirit of truth has arrived, he will teach the whole truth to you. For he will not be speaking from himself. Instead, whatever he will hear, he will speak. And he will announce to you the things that are to come.John 16:13
John 16:25 I have spoken these things to you in proverbs. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs; instead, I will announce to you plainly from the Father.John 16:25
John 19:24 Then they said to one another, “Let us not cut it, but instead let us cast lots over it, to see whose it will be.” This was so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, saying: “They have distributed my garments among themselves, and for my vesture they have cast lots.” And indeed, the soldiers did these things.John 19:24
Number of the word / term Instead in John: 9
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Acts
Acts 7:39 It is he whom our fathers were not willing to obey. Instead, they rejected him, and in their hearts they turned away toward Egypt,Acts 7:39
Acts 12:14 And when she recognized the voice of Peter, out of joy, she did not open the gate, but instead, running in, she reported that Peter stood before the gate.Acts 12:14
Acts 15:20 but instead that we write to them, that they should keep themselves from the defilement of idols, and from fornication, and from whatever has been suffocated, and from blood.Acts 15:20
Acts 16:37 But Paul said to them: “They have beaten us publicly, though we were not condemned. They have cast men who are Romans into prison. And now they would drive us away secretly? Not so. Instead, let them come forward,Acts 16:37
Acts 18:9 Then the Lord said to Paul, through a vision in the night: “Do not be afraid. Instead, speak out and do not be silent.Acts 18:9
Number of the word / term Instead in Acts: 5
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Romans
Romans 1:21 For although they had known God, they did not glorify God, nor give thanks. Instead, they became weakened in their thoughts, and their foolish heart was obscured.Romans 1:21
Romans 2:8 But to those who are contentious and who do not acquiesce to the truth, but instead trust in iniquity, he will render wrath and indignation.Romans 2:8
Romans 3:31 Are we then destroying the law through faith? Let it not be so! Instead, we are making the law stand.Romans 3:31
Romans 4:20 And then, in the Promise of God, he did not hesitate out of distrust, but instead he was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,Romans 4:20
Romans 6:13 Nor should you offer the parts of your body as instruments of iniquity for sin. Instead, offer yourselves to God, as if you were living after death, and offer the parts of your body as instruments of justice for God.Romans 6:13
Romans 7:19 For I do not do the good that I want to do. But instead, I do the evil that I do not want to do.Romans 7:19
Romans 11:11 Therefore, I say: Have they stumbled in such a way that they should fall? Let it not be so! Instead, by their offense, salvation is with the Gentiles, so that they may be a rival to them.Romans 11:11
Romans 11:20 Well enough. They were broken off because of unbelief. But you stand on faith. So do not choose to savor what is exalted, but instead be afraid.Romans 11:20
Romans 12:2 And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.Romans 12:2
Romans 12:19 Do not defend yourselves, dearest ones. Instead, step aside from wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is mine. I shall give retribution, says the Lord.”Romans 12:19
Romans 12:21 Do not allow evil to prevail, instead prevail over evil by means of goodness.Romans 12:21
Romans 14:13 Therefore, we should no longer judge one another. Instead, judge this to a greater extent: that you should not place an obstacle before your brother, nor lead him astray.Romans 14:13
Number of the word / term Instead in Romans: 12
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 5:2 And yet you are inflated, and you have not instead been grieved, so that he who has done this thing would be taken away from your midst.1 Corinthians 5:2
1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through the believing wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through the believing husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, whereas instead they are holy.1 Corinthians 7:14
1 Corinthians 9:12 If others are sharers in this authority over you, why are we not more entitled? And yet we have not used this authority. Instead, we bear all things, lest we give any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.1 Corinthians 9:12
1 Corinthians 10:13 Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.1 Corinthians 10:13
1 Corinthians 12:18 But instead, God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body, just as it has pleased him.1 Corinthians 12:18
1 Corinthians 12:20 But instead, there are many parts, indeed, yet one body.1 Corinthians 12:20
1 Corinthians 12:25 so that there might be no schism in the body, but instead the parts themselves might take care of one another.1 Corinthians 12:25
1 Corinthians 14:6 But now, brothers, if I were to come to you speaking in tongues, how would it benefit you, unless instead I speak to you in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophecy, or in doctrine?1 Corinthians 14:6
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brothers, do not choose to have the minds of children. Instead, be free of malice like infants, but be mature in your minds.1 Corinthians 14:20
1 Corinthians 14:34 Women should be silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak; but instead, they should be subordinate, as the law also says.1 Corinthians 14:34
1 Corinthians 16:11 Therefore, let no one despise him. Instead, lead him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me. For I am awaiting him with the brothers.1 Corinthians 16:11
Number of the word / term Instead in 1 Corinthians: 11
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not like many others, adulterating the Word of God. But instead, we speak with sincerity: from God, before God, and in Christ.2 Corinthians 2:17
2 Corinthians 4:2 For we renounce dishonorable and hidden acts, not walking by craftiness, nor by adulterating the Word of God. Instead, by the manifestation of truth, we commend ourselves to the conscience of each man before God.2 Corinthians 4:2
2 Corinthians 7:5 Then, too, when we had arrived in Macedonia, our flesh had no rest. Instead, we suffered every tribulation: exterior conflicts, interior fears.2 Corinthians 7:5
2 Corinthians 10:15 We are not glorying immeasurably over the labors of others. Instead, we hold on to the hope of your growing faith, so as to be magnified in you, according to our own limits, but in abundance,2 Corinthians 10:15
2 Corinthians 12:16 And so be it. I have not burdened you, but instead, being astute, I obtained you by guile.2 Corinthians 12:16
Number of the word / term Instead in 2 Corinthians: 5
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 1:17 Neither did I go to Jerusalem, to those who were Apostles before me. Instead, I went into Arabia, and next I returned to Damascus.Galatians 1:17
Galatians 3:12 But the law is not of faith; instead, “he who does these things shall live by them.”Galatians 3:12
Galatians 3:16 The promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. He did not say, “and to descendents,” as if to many, but instead, as if to one, he said, “and to your offspring,” who is Christ.Galatians 3:16
Galatians 4:14 You did not despise or reject me. But instead, you accepted me like an Angel of God, even like Christ Jesus.Galatians 4:14
Galatians 5:13 For you, brothers, have been called to liberty. Only you must not make liberty into an occasion for the flesh, but instead, serve one another through the charity of the Spirit.Galatians 5:13
Galatians 6:13 And yet, neither do they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law. Instead, they want you to be circumcised, so that they may glory in your flesh.Galatians 6:13
Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails in any way, but instead there is a new creature.Galatians 6:15
Number of the word / term Instead in Galatians: 7
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God,Ephesians 2:19
Ephesians 5:4 nor any indecent, or foolish, or abusive talk, for this is without purpose; but instead, give thanks.Ephesians 5:4
Ephesians 5:11 And so, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead, refute them.Ephesians 5:11
Ephesians 5:17 For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.Ephesians 5:17
Ephesians 5:18 And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,Ephesians 5:18
Ephesians 5:29 For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church.Ephesians 5:29
Number of the word / term Instead in Ephesians: 6
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Philippians
Philippians 1:20 by means of my own expectation and hope. For in nothing shall I be confounded. Instead, with all confidence, now just as always, Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.Philippians 1:20
Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done by contention, nor in vain glory. Instead, in humility, let each of you esteem others to be better than himself.Philippians 2:3
Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead,Philippians 3:13
Philippians 4:17 It is not that I am seeking a gift. Instead, I seek the fruit that abounds to your benefit.Philippians 4:17
Number of the word / term Instead in Philippians: 4
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Colossians
Colossians 3:11 where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, servant nor free. Instead, Christ is everything, in everyone.Colossians 3:11
Number of the word / term Instead in Colossians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2:7 And although we could have been a burden to you, as Apostles of Christ, instead we became like little ones in your midst, like a nurse cherishing her children.1 Thessalonians 2:7
1 Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore, let us not sleep, as the rest do. Instead, we should be vigilant and sober.1 Thessalonians 5:6
1 Thessalonians 5:15 See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone. Instead, always pursue whatever is good, with one another and with all.1 Thessalonians 5:15
Number of the word / term Instead in 1 Thessalonians: 3
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 2 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians 3:15 But do not be willing to consider him as an enemy; instead, correct him as a brother.2 Thessalonians 3:15
Number of the word / term Instead in 2 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 2 Timothy
2 Timothy 1:8 And so, do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, his prisoner. Instead, collaborate with the Gospel in accord with the virtue of God,2 Timothy 1:8
2 Timothy 2:24 For the servant of the Lord must not be contentious, but instead he must be meek toward everyone, teachable, patient,2 Timothy 2:24
2 Timothy 4:3 For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine, but instead, according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, with itching ears,2 Timothy 4:3
Number of the word / term Instead in 2 Timothy: 3
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Titus
Titus 1:8 but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste,Titus 1:8
Number of the word / term Instead in Titus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Philemon
Philemon 1:9 but I beg you instead, for the sake of charity, since you are so much like Paul: an old man and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.Philemon 1:9
Number of the word / term Instead in Philemon: 1
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 2:16 For at no time did he take hold of the Angels, but instead he took hold of the offspring of Abraham.Hebrews 2:16
Hebrews 5:5 Thus, even Christ did not glorify himself, so as to become High Priest, but instead, it was God who said to him: “You are my Son. Today I have begotten you.”Hebrews 5:5
Hebrews 6:12 so that you may not be slow to act, but instead may be imitators of those who, through faith and patience, shall inherit the promises.Hebrews 6:12
Hebrews 10:27 but instead, a certain terrible expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire that shall consume its adversaries.Hebrews 10:27
Hebrews 12:13 and straighten the path of your feet, so that no one, being lame, may wander astray, but instead may be healed.Hebrews 12:13
Hebrews 13:14 For in this place, we have no everlasting city; instead, we seek one in the future.Hebrews 13:14
Number of the word / term Instead in Hebrews: 6
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book James
James 1:25 But he who gazes upon the perfect law of liberty, and who remains in it, is not a forgetful hearer, but instead a doer of the work. He shall be blessed in what he does.James 1:25
James 1:26 But if anyone considers himself to be religious, but he does not restrain his tongue, but instead seduces his own heart: such a one’s religion is vanity.James 1:26
Number of the word / term Instead in James: 2
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 1 Peter
1 Peter 4:13 But instead, commune in the Passion of Christ, and be glad that, when his glory will be revealed, you too may rejoice with exultation.1 Peter 4:13
1 Peter 4:16 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, he should not be ashamed. Instead, he should glorify God in that name.1 Peter 4:16
Number of the word / term Instead in 1 Peter: 2
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 1:21 For prophecy was not conveyed by human will at any time. Instead, holy men were speaking about God while inspired by the Holy Spirit.2 Peter 1:21
2 Peter 2:4 For God did not spare those Angels who sinned, but instead delivered them, as if dragged down by infernal ropes, into the torments of the underworld, to be reserved unto judgment.2 Peter 2:4
Number of the word / term Instead in 2 Peter: 2
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 1 John
1 John 4:18 Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.1 John 4:18
1 John 5:18 We know that everyone who is born of God does not sin. Instead, rebirth in God preserves him, and the evil one cannot touch him.1 John 5:18
Number of the word / term Instead in 1 John: 2
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 2 John
2 John 1:5 And now I petition you, Lady, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but instead that commandment which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another.2 John 1:5
2 John 1:8 Be cautious for yourselves, lest you lose what you have accomplished, and so that, instead, you may receive a full reward.2 John 1:8
Number of the word / term Instead in 2 John: 2
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book 3 John
3 John 1:11 Most beloved, do not be willing to imitate what is evil; instead imitate what is good. Whoever does good is of God. Whoever does evil has not seen God.3 John 1:11
Number of the word / term Instead in 3 John: 1
Bible passages with ‘Instead’ in the book Jude
Jude 1:6 And truly, the Angels, who did not keep to their first place, but instead abandoned their own domiciles, he has reserved with perpetual chains under darkness, unto the great day of judgment.Jude 1:6
Jude 1:9 When Michael the Archangel, disputing with the devil, contended about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring against him a judgment of blasphemy, so instead he said: “The Lord commands you.”Jude 1:9
Number of the word / term ‘Instead’ in Jude: 2
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