Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Lest’ 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 ‘Lest’ occurs 200 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 ‘Lest’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 3:3 Yet truly, from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of Paradise, God has instructed us that we should not eat, and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we may die.”Genesis 3:3
Genesis 14:23 that from one thread within a blanket, even to a single shoelace, I will not take anything from that which is yours, lest you say, ‘I have enriched Abram,’Genesis 14:23
Genesis 16:2 she said to her husband: “Behold, the Lord has closed me, lest I give birth. Enter to my handmaid, so that perhaps I may receive sons of her at least.” And when he agreed to her supplication,Genesis 16:2
Genesis 19:15 And when it was morning, the Angels compelled him, saying, “Arise, take your wife, and the two daughters that you have, lest you also should perish amid the wickedness of the city.”Genesis 19:15
Genesis 19:17 And they brought him out, and placed him beyond the city. And there they spoke to him, saying: “Save your life. Do not look not back. Neither should you stay in the entire surrounding region. But save yourself in the mountain, lest you also should perish.”Genesis 19:17
Genesis 19:19 though your servant has found grace before you, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown to me in saving my life, I cannot be saved on the mountain, lest perhaps some misfortune take hold of me and I die.Genesis 19:19
Genesis 26:9 And summoning him, he said: “It is clear that she is your wife. Why did you falsely claim her to be your sister?” He answered, “I was afraid, lest I might die because of her.”Genesis 26:9
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
Genesis 32:11 Rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am very afraid of him, lest perhaps he may come and strike down the mother with the sons.Genesis 32:11
Genesis 38:9 He, knowing that the sons to be born would not be his, when he entered to the wife of his brother, he spilled his seed on the ground, lest children should be born in his brother’s name.Genesis 38:9
Genesis 38:11 Because of this matter, Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Be a widow in your father’s house, until my son Shelah grows up.” For he was afraid, lest he also might die, just as his brothers did. She went away, and she lived in her father’s house.Genesis 38:11
Genesis 38:15 And when Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot. For she had covered her face, lest she be recognized.Genesis 38:15
Genesis 43:8 Likewise, Judah said to his father: “Send the boy with me, so that we may set out and be able to live, lest we and our little ones should die.Genesis 43:8
Genesis 43:12 Also, take with you double the money, and carry back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it was done in error.Genesis 43:12
Genesis 44:34 For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I appear as a witness to the calamity that will oppress my father.”Genesis 44:34
Genesis 45:11 And there I will pasture you, (for there are still five years of famine remaining) lest both you and your house perish, along with all that you possess.’Genesis 45:11
Genesis 47:19 Therefore, why should you watch us die? Both we and our land will be yours. Buy us into royal servitude, but provide seed, lest by the dying off of cultivators the land be reduced to a wilderness.”Genesis 47:19
Number of the word / term Lest in Genesis: 17
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 1:10 Come, let us wisely oppress them, lest they multiply; and if any war should advance against us, they may be added to our enemies, and having fought against us, they might depart from the land.”Exodus 1:10
Exodus 10:5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, lest any part of it be seen. Yes, and what remains from the hail shall be eaten. For they will gnaw away all the trees that spring up in the fields.Exodus 10:5
Exodus 19:21 he said to him: “Descend, and call the people to witness, lest they might be willing to transgress the limits, so as to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them might perish.Exodus 19:21
Exodus 19:22 Likewise, the priests who approach toward the Lord, let them be sanctified, lest he strike them down.”Exodus 19:22
Exodus 19:24 And the Lord said to him, “Go, descend. And you shall ascend, and Aaron with you. But let not the priests or the people transgress the limits, nor ascend to the Lord, lest perhaps he may put them to death.”Exodus 19:24
Exodus 20:19 saying to Moses: “Speak to us, and we will listen. Let not the Lord speak to us, lest perhaps we may die.”Exodus 20:19
Exodus 20:26 You shall not ascend by steps to my altar, lest your nakedness be revealed.”Exodus 20:26
Exodus 23:29 I will not cast them out from your face in one year, lest the land be reduced to a wilderness and the wild beasts increase against you.Exodus 23:29
Exodus 23:33 They may not live on your land, lest perhaps they may cause you to sin against me, if you serve their gods, which certainly would be a temptation for you.”Exodus 23:33
Exodus 28:43 And Aaron and his sons will use them when they enter the tabernacle of the testimony, and when they approach toward the altar, in order to minister in the sanctuary, lest, being guilty of iniquity, they may die. It shall be a law forever for Aaron, and for his offspring after him.”Exodus 28:43
Exodus 33:3 and so that you may enter into a land flowing with milk and honey. For I will not go up with you, since you are a stiff-necked people, lest perhaps I may destroy you on the way.”Exodus 33:3
Exodus 34:15 Do not enter into a pact with the men of those regions, lest, when they will have fornicated with their gods and worshiped their idols, someone might call upon you to eat from what was immolated.Exodus 34:15
Exodus 34:16 Neither shall you take a wife for your son from their daughters, lest, after they themselves have fornicated, they may cause your sons also to fornicate with their gods.Exodus 34:16
Exodus 39:19 being fastened to the wide belt and strongly coupled with rings, to which a hyacinth band was joined, lest they should shake loose and be moved away from one another, just as the Lord instructed Moses.Exodus 39:19
Number of the word / term Lest in Exodus: 14
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 10:6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to his sons, Eleazar and Ithamar: “Do not uncover your heads, and do not rend your garments, lest perhaps you may die, and indignation may rise up over the entire assembly. Let your brothers, and all the house of Israel, bewail the burning that the Lord has kindled.Leviticus 10:6
Leviticus 10:9 “You shall not drink wine, nor anything that is able to inebriate you or your sons, when you enter into the tabernacle of the testimony, lest you die. For it is an everlasting precept in your generations.Leviticus 10:9
Leviticus 11:43 Do not be willing to contaminate your souls, nor shall you touch any of these, lest you become unclean.Leviticus 11:43
Leviticus 14:36 And he shall instruct them to carry all things out of the house, before he would enter it and see whether it is leprosy, lest all that is in the house become unclean. And after this, he shall enter to examine the leprosy of the house.Leviticus 14:36
Leviticus 18:28 Therefore, beware, lest in a similar manner, it may vomit you out as well, if you do these same things, just as it vomited out the people who were before you.Leviticus 18:28
Leviticus 19:17 You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but reprove him openly, lest you have sin over him.Leviticus 19:17
Leviticus 19:29 Do not prostitute your daughter, lest the land be contaminated and filled with crimes.Leviticus 19:29
Leviticus 20:22 Observe my laws as well as my judgments, and act according to them, lest the land, into which you will enter and live, may vomit you out, too.Leviticus 20:22
Leviticus 21:12 Neither shall he exit from the holy places, lest he pollute the Sanctuary of the Lord. For the oil of the holy anointing of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.Leviticus 21:12
Leviticus 26:13 I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of the Egyptians, lest you serve them, and who broke the chains around your necks, so that you would walk upright.Leviticus 26:13
Number of the word / term Lest in Leviticus: 10
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 1:53 Moreover, the Levites shall fix their tents all around the tabernacle, lest there be an indignation over the multitude of the sons of Israel. And they shall stand watch as guardians over the tabernacle of the testimony.”Numbers 1:53
Numbers 4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have wrapped the Sanctuary and its vessels at the dismantling of the camp, then the sons of Kohath shall enter, so as to carry what has been wrapped. And they shall not touch the vessels of the Sanctuary, lest they die. These are the burdens of the sons of Kohath concerning the tabernacle of the covenant.Numbers 4:15
Numbers 5:3 cast out of the camp both male and female, lest they contaminate it while I am dwelling with you.”Numbers 5:3
Numbers 8:19 And I have delivered them as a gift to Aaron and his sons, from the midst of the people, in order to serve me, for Israel, in the tabernacle of the covenant, and in order to pray for them, lest there be a scourge among the people, if they were to dare to approach to my Sanctuary.”Numbers 8:19
Numbers 11:15 But if it seems to you otherwise, I beg you to put me to death, and so may I find grace in your eyes, lest I be afflicted with such evils.”Numbers 11:15
Numbers 14:3 “If only we had died in Egypt,” and, “If only we would perish in this vast wilderness,” and, “May the Lord not lead us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and our wives, as well as our children, be led away as captives. Is it not better to return to Egypt?”Numbers 14:3
Numbers 14:42 Do not ascend, for the Lord is not with you, lest you be overthrown before your enemies.Numbers 14:42
Numbers 16:26 and he said to the crowd, “Withdraw from the tabernacles of these impious men, and touch nothing which pertains to them, lest you become involved in their sins.”Numbers 16:26
Numbers 16:40 so that the sons of Israel would have, thereafter, something to admonish them, lest any stranger, or anyone who is not of the offspring of Aaron, might approach to offer incense to the Lord, and lest he endure what happened to Korah, and to all his congregation, when the Lord spoke to Moses.Numbers 16:40
Numbers 17:10 And the Lord said to Moses: “Carry back the rod of Aaron into the tabernacle of the testimony, so that it may be kept there as a sign of the rebellion of the sons of Israel, and so that their complaints may be quieted before me, lest they die.”Numbers 17:10
Numbers 18:3 And the Levites shall stand watch by your precepts, and for all the works of the tabernacle; yet in such a manner that they shall not approach the vessels of the Sanctuary and of the altar, lest both they die, and you perish, at the same time.Numbers 18:3
Numbers 18:5 Watch over the care of the Sanctuary, and over the ministry of the altar, lest an indignation may rise over the sons of Israel.Numbers 18:5
Numbers 18:32 And you shall not sin in this way: by reserving the excellent and fat things for yourselves, lest you pollute the oblations of the sons of Israel, and lest you die.”Numbers 18:32
Numbers 27:17 and who may be able to exit and enter before them, and who may lead them out or lead them in: lest the people of the Lord be like sheep without a shepherd.”Numbers 27:17
Number of the word / term Lest in Numbers: 14
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 2:5 Therefore, take care diligently, lest you be moved against them. For I will not give to you from their land even as much as the step that one foot can tread upon, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.Deuteronomy 2:5
Deuteronomy 4:23 Be careful, lest you at sometime forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he has formed with you, and lest you make for yourselves a graven likeness of those things which the Lord has prohibited to be made.Deuteronomy 4:23
Deuteronomy 6:13 take care diligently, lest you forget the Lord, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. You shall fear the Lord your God, and you shall serve him alone, and you shall swear by his name.Deuteronomy 6:13
Deuteronomy 7:16 You shall devour all the peoples, which the Lord your God will deliver to you. Your eye shall not spare them, neither shall you serve their gods, lest they be your ruin.Deuteronomy 7:16
Deuteronomy 7:25 Their graven images, you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or gold from which they have been made. And you shall not take for yourself anything from these, lest you offend, because this is an abomination to the Lord your God.Deuteronomy 7:25
Deuteronomy 7:26 Neither shall you carry anything of the idol into your house, lest you become accursed, just as it also is. You shall detest it like dung, and you shall abominate it like defilement and filth, because it is an accursed thing.”Deuteronomy 7:26
Deuteronomy 8:11 Be observant and cautious, lest at sometime you may forget the Lord your God, and neglect his commandments, as well as the judgments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day.Deuteronomy 8:11
Deuteronomy 9:25 And so, I lay prostrate before the Lord for forty days and nights, as I humbly begged him, lest he destroy you, just as he had threatened to do.Deuteronomy 9:25
Deuteronomy 11:16 Be careful, lest perhaps your heart may be deceived, and you might withdraw from the Lord, and serve strange gods, and adore them.Deuteronomy 11:16
Deuteronomy 12:19 Be careful, lest you abandon the Levite, at anytime while you are living in the land.Deuteronomy 12:19
Deuteronomy 15:9 Take care, lest perhaps an impious thought might creep within you, and you might say in your heart: ‘The seventh year of remission approaches.’ And so you might turn your eyes away from your poor brother, unwilling to lend to him what he has asked. If so, then he may cry out against you to the Lord, and it will be a sin for you.Deuteronomy 15:9
Deuteronomy 18:16 just as you petitioned of the Lord your God at Horeb, when the assembly was gathered together, and you said: ‘Let me no longer hear the voice of the Lord my God, and let me no longer see this very great fire, lest I die.’Deuteronomy 18:16
Deuteronomy 19:10 So may innocent blood not be shed in the midst of the land which the Lord your God will give you to possess, lest you be guilty of blood.Deuteronomy 19:10
Deuteronomy 20:5 Likewise, the officers shall proclaim, throughout every company, in the hearing of the soldiers: ‘What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may dedicate it.Deuteronomy 20:5
Deuteronomy 20:6 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not yet caused it to be common, so that all may eat from it? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in the battle, and another man may carry out his office.Deuteronomy 20:6
Deuteronomy 20:7 What man is there, who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go, and return to his house, lest perhaps he may die in battle, and another man may take her.’Deuteronomy 20:7
Deuteronomy 20:8 After these things have been declared, they shall add the remainder, and shall say to the people: ‘What man is there who is overwhelmed by fear and is fainthearted? Let him go, and return to his house, lest he cause the hearts of his brothers to fear, just as he himself has been thoroughly stricken with fear.’Deuteronomy 20:8
Deuteronomy 22:9 You shall not sow your vineyard with another seed, lest both the seed that you have sown and what springs forth from the vineyard be sanctified together.Deuteronomy 22:9
Deuteronomy 23:14 that from which you were relieved. For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, in order to rescue you, and to deliver your enemies to you. And so, let your camp be holy, and let nothing filthy appear within it, lest he abandon you.Deuteronomy 23:14
Deuteronomy 24:8 Observe diligently, lest you incur the wound of leprosy. But you shall do whatever the priests of the Levitical stock shall teach you to do, according to what I have instructed them. And you shall fulfill it carefully.Deuteronomy 24:8
Number of the word / term Lest in Deuteronomy: 20
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 9:20 But we shall do this to them: Certainly, let them be preserved so that they may live, lest the wrath of the Lord be stirred up against us, since we would have sworn falsely.Joshua 9:20
Joshua 24:27 And he said to all the people, “Lo, this stone shall be to you as a testimony, which has heard all the words of the Lord that he has spoken to you, lest perhaps, afterward, you might choose to deny it, and to lie to the Lord your God.”Joshua 24:27
Number of the word / term Lest in Joshua: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Ruth
Ruth 2:22 And her mother-in-law said to her, “It is better, my daughter, to go out reaping with his young women, lest in a stranger’s field someone may confront you.”Ruth 2:22
Ruth 3:14 And so she slept by his feet until the night was ending. And she arose before men could inquire of one another. And Boaz said, “Be careful, lest someone know that you came here.”Ruth 3:14
Number of the word / term Lest in Ruth: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 8:7 Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they are saying to you. For they have not rejected you, but me, lest I reign over them.1 Samuel 8:7
1 Samuel 13:19 Now there was no worker of iron to be found in all the land of Israel. For the Philistines had been cautious, lest perhaps the Hebrews might make swords or spears.1 Samuel 13:19
1 Samuel 20:3 And he swore again to David. And David said: “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and so he will say, ‘Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be saddened.’ So truly, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, there is only one step (if I may say it) separating me from death.”1 Samuel 20:3
1 Samuel 24:6 And he said to his men: “May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I do this thing to my lord, the Christ of the Lord, so that I lay my hand upon him. For he is the Christ of the Lord.”1 Samuel 24:6
1 Samuel 29:4 Then the leaders of the Philistines became angry against him, and they said to him: “Let this man return, and let him settle in his place, which you appointed for him. But let him not descend with us to battle, lest he become an adversary to us when we begin to fight. For in what other way will he be able to please his lord, except with our heads?1 Samuel 29:4
Number of the word / term Lest in 1 Samuel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 15:14 And David said to his servants, who were with him in Jerusalem: “Rise up, let us flee! For otherwise there will be no escape for us from the face of Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest perhaps, upon arriving, he may seize us, and force ruin upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”2 Samuel 15:14
2 Samuel 18:16 Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and he held back the people, lest they pursue Israel in their flight, for he was willing to spare the multitude.2 Samuel 18:16
2 Samuel 21:17 And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, defended him, and striking the Philistine, he killed him. Then David’s men swore an oath to him, saying, “You shall no longer go out to war with us, lest you extinguish the lamp of Israel.”2 Samuel 21:17
Number of the word / term Lest in 2 Samuel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 11:10 and who had instructed him about this matter, lest he follow strange gods. But he did not observe what the Lord commanded to him.1 Kings 11:10
1 Kings 21:3 Naboth responded to him, “May the Lord be gracious to me, lest I give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”1 Kings 21:3
Number of the word / term Lest in 1 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 28:13 And they said to them: “You shall not lead back captives to here, lest we sin against the Lord. Why are you willing to add to our sins, and to build upon our old offenses? For indeed, the sin is great, and the furious anger of the Lord is hanging over Israel.”2 Chronicles 28:13
Number of the word / term Lest in 2 Chronicles: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 7:23 All that pertains to the rite of the God of heaven, let it be distributed scrupulously to the house of the God of heaven, lest perhaps he may become angry against the kingdom of the king and his sons.Ezra 7:23
Number of the word / term Lest in Ezra: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 6:3 Therefore, I sent messengers to them, saying: “I am doing a great work, and I cannot descend, lest perhaps it may be neglected when I go out and descend to you.”Nehemiah 6:3
Number of the word / term Lest in Nehemiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Job
Job 5:12 He dispels the thoughts of the spiteful, lest their hands be able to complete what they had begun.Job 5:12
Number of the word / term Lest in Job: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just. Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.Psalm 2:12
Psalm 10:11 For he has said in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has turned away his face, lest he see to the end.”Psalm 10:11
Psalm 13:4 Look upon me and listen to me, O Lord my God. Enlighten my eyes, lest I fall asleep forever in death,Psalm 13:4
Psalm 50:22 Understand these things, you who forget God; lest at any time, he might quickly take you away, and there would be no one to rescue you.Psalm 50:22
Psalm 59:11 God will oversee my enemies for me. Do not slay them, lest at times my people may forget them. Scatter them by your virtue. And depose them, O Lord, my protector,Psalm 59:11
Psalm 90:3 And, lest man be turned aside in humiliation, you have said: Be converted, O sons of men.Psalm 90:3
Psalm 91:12 With their hands, they will carry you, lest you hurt your foot against a stone.Psalm 91:12
Psalm 106:23 And he said that he would destroy them, yet Moses, his elect, stood firm before him in the breach, in order to avert his wrath, lest he destroy them.Psalm 106:23
Psalm 115:2 Give glory to your mercy and your truth, lest the Gentiles should say, “Where is their God?”Psalm 115:2
Psalm 119:37 Turn my eyes away, lest they see what is vain. Revive me in your way.Psalm 119:37
Psalm 140:8 O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.Psalm 140:8
Psalm 143:7 O Lord, heed me quickly. My spirit has grown faint. Do not turn your face away from me, lest I become like those who descend into the pit.Psalm 143:7
Number of the word / term Lest in Psalm: 12
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 8:29 when he encompassed the sea within its limits, and laid down a law for the waters, lest they transgress their limits; when he weighed the foundations of the earth.Proverbs 8:29
Proverbs 9:8 Do not be willing to argue with a mocker, lest he hate you. Dispute with the wise, and he will love you.Proverbs 9:8
Proverbs 20:13 Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.Proverbs 20:13
Proverbs 25:8 The things that your eyes have seen, do not offer hastily in a quarrel, lest afterward you may not be able to make amends, when you have dishonored your friend.Proverbs 25:8
Proverbs 25:10 lest perhaps he may insult you, when he has heard it, and he might not cease to reproach you. Grace and friendship free a man; preserve these for yourself, lest you fall under reproach.Proverbs 25:10
Proverbs 25:16 You have discovered honey; eat what is sufficient for you, lest perhaps, being filled up, you may vomit it.Proverbs 25:16
Proverbs 25:17 Withdraw your feet from the house of your neighbor, lest, when he has had his fill, he may hate you.Proverbs 25:17
Proverbs 26:4 Do not respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest you become like him.Proverbs 26:4
Proverbs 26:5 Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.Proverbs 26:5
Proverbs 30:6 Do not add anything to his words, lest you be reproved and be discovered to be a liar.Proverbs 30:6
Proverbs 30:10 Do not accuse a servant to his lord, lest he curse you, and you fall.Proverbs 30:10
Number of the word / term Lest in Proverbs: 11
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 7:16 Do not try to be overly just, and do not try to be more wise than is necessary, lest you become stupid.Ecclesiastes 7:16
Ecclesiastes 7:17 Do not act with great impiety, and do not choose to be foolish, lest you die before your time.Ecclesiastes 7:17
Ecclesiastes 7:21 So then, do not attach your heart to every word that is spoken, lest perhaps you may hear your servant speaking ill of you.Ecclesiastes 7:21
Number of the word / term Lest in Ecclesiastes: 3
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Song
Song of Solomon 1:7 Bride to Groom: Reveal to me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture, where you recline at midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of your companions.Song of Solomon 1:7
Number of the word / term Lest in Song: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 6:10 Blind the heart of this people. Make their ears heavy and close their eyes, lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.”Isaiah 6:10
Isaiah 8:11 For the Lord said this to me, and he has instructed this to me with a strong hand, lest I go forth in the way of this people, saying:Isaiah 8:11
Isaiah 27:3 I am the Lord, who watches over it. I will suddenly give drink to it. I will watch over it, night and day, lest perhaps someone visit against it.Isaiah 27:3
Isaiah 28:22 And now, do not be willing to mock, lest your chains be tightened. For I have heard, from the Lord, the God of hosts, about the consummation and the abridgement concerning the entire earth.Isaiah 28:22
Isaiah 44:18 They have neither known nor understood. For their eyes are obscured, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart.Isaiah 44:18
Isaiah 48:5 From that time, I foretold to you. Before these things happened, I revealed them to you, lest you say: “My idols have accomplished these things, and my graven and molten images have commanded them.”Isaiah 48:5
Isaiah 48:9 For the sake of my name, I will take the face of my fury far away. And for the sake of my praise, I will bridle you, lest you perish.Isaiah 48:9
Number of the word / term Lest in Isaiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 6:8 O Jerusalem, accept instruction, lest perhaps my soul may withdraw from you; lest perhaps I may set you in a desert, in an uninhabitable land.”Jeremiah 6:8
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 37:20 Now therefore, listen, I beg you, my lord the king. Let my petition prevail in your sight. And do not send me back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”Jeremiah 37:20
Jeremiah 38:19 And king Zedekiah said to Jeremiah: “I am anxious, because of the Jews who have crossed over to the Chaldeans, lest perhaps I may be delivered into their hands, and they may abuse me.”Jeremiah 38:19
Number of the word / term Lest in Jeremiah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 3:44 SAMECH. You have set a cloud opposite you, lest our prayer pass through.Lamentations 3:44
Number of the word / term Lest in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 20:14 But I acted for the sake of my name, lest it be violated before the Gentiles, from whom I cast them out, in their sight.Ezekiel 20:14
Ezekiel 29:15 It will be the lowest among the other kingdoms, and it will no longer be exalted above the nations. And I will diminish them, lest they rule over the Gentiles.Ezekiel 29:15
Ezekiel 44:25 And they shall not enter to a dead person, lest they be defiled, except to father or mother, or son or daughter, or brother, or to a sister who does not have another man. By these, they may become unclean.Ezekiel 44:25
Number of the word / term Lest in Ezekiel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 4:6 And he will turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with anathema.Malachi 4:6
Number of the word / term Lest in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 4:6 and said to him: “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it has been written: ‘For he has given charge of you to his angels, and they shall take you into their hands, lest perhaps you may hurt your foot against a stone.’ ”Matthew 4:6
Matthew 5:25 Be reconciled with your adversary quickly, while you are still on the way with him, lest perhaps the adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown in prison.Matthew 5:25
Matthew 6:1 “Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven.Matthew 6:1
Matthew 7:6 Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not cast your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they may trample them under their feet, and then, turning, they may tear you apart.Matthew 7:6
Matthew 12:16 And he instructed them, lest they make him known.Matthew 12:16
Matthew 13:15 For the heart of this people has grown fat, and with their ears they hear heavily, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.’Matthew 13:15
Matthew 13:29 And he said: ‘No, lest perhaps in gathering the weeds, you might also root out the wheat together with it.Matthew 13:29
Matthew 15:32 And Jesus, calling together his disciples, said: “I have compassion on the crowds, because they have persevered with me now for three days, and they do not have anything to eat. And I am not willing to dismiss them, fasting, lest they faint along the way.”Matthew 15:32
Matthew 24:4 And answering, Jesus said to them: “Pay attention, lest someone lead you astray.Matthew 24:4
Matthew 26:5 But they said, “Not on the feast day, lest perhaps there may be a tumult among the people.”Matthew 26:5
Matthew 27:64 Therefore, order the sepulcher to be guarded until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples may come and steal him, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ And this last error would be worse than the first.”Matthew 27:64
Number of the word / term Lest in Matthew: 11
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Mark
Mark 3:9 And he told his disciples that a small boat would be useful to him, because of the crowd, lest they press upon him.Mark 3:9
Mark 3:12 “You are the Son of God.” And he strongly admonished them, lest they make him known.Mark 3:12
Mark 4:12 ‘so that, seeing, they may see, and not perceive; and hearing, they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they may be converted, and their sins would be forgiven them.’ ”Mark 4:12
Mark 14:2 But they said, “Not on the feast day, lest perhaps there may be a tumult among the people.”Mark 14:2
Number of the word / term Lest in Mark: 4
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Luke
Luke 4:11 and so that they may take you into their hands, lest perhaps you may hurt your foot against a stone.”Luke 4:11
Luke 8:12 And those beside the way are those who hear it, but then the devil comes and takes the word from their heart, lest by believing it they may be saved.Luke 8:12
Luke 11:35 Therefore, take care, lest the light that is within you become darkness.Luke 11:35
Luke 12:58 So, when you are going with your adversary to the ruler, while you are on the way, make an effort to be freed from him, lest perhaps he may lead you to the judge, and the judge may deliver you to the officer, and the officer may cast you into prison.Luke 12:58
Luke 14:8 “When you are invited to a wedding, do not sit down in the first place, lest perhaps someone more honored than yourself may have been invited by him.Luke 14:8
Luke 14:12 Then he also said to the one who had invited him: “When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you.Luke 14:12
Luke 16:28 so that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torments.’Luke 16:28
Luke 18:5 yet because this widow is pestering me, I will vindicate her, lest by returning, she may, in the end, wear me out.’ ”Luke 18:5
Luke 21:8 And he said: “Be cautious, lest you be seduced. For many will come in my name, saying: ‘For I am he,’ and, ‘The time has drawn near.’ And so, do not choose to go after them.Luke 21:8
Luke 21:34 But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.Luke 21:34
Luke 22:40 And when he had arrived at the place, he said to them: “Pray, lest you enter into temptation.”Luke 22:40
Luke 22:46 And he said to them: “Why are you sleeping? Rise up, pray, lest you enter into temptation.”Luke 22:46
Number of the word / term Lest in Luke: 12
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book John
John 6:12 Then, when they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments that are left over, lest they be lost.”John 6:12
Number of the word / term Lest in John: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Acts
Acts 4:17 But lest it spread further among the people, let us threaten them not to speak anymore in this name to any man.”Acts 4:17
Acts 5:26 Then the magistrate, with the attendants, went and brought them without force. For they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned.Acts 5:26
Acts 7:19 This one, encompassing our kindred, afflicted our fathers, so that they would expose their infants, lest they be kept alive.Acts 7:19
Acts 13:40 Therefore, be careful, lest what was said by the Prophets may overwhelm you:Acts 13:40
Acts 23:25 For he was afraid, lest perhaps the Jews might seize him and kill him, and that afterwards he would be falsely accused, as if he had accepted a bribe. And so he wrote a letter containing the following:Acts 23:25
Acts 24:4 But lest I speak at too great a length, I beg you, by your clemency, to listen to us briefly.Acts 24:4
Acts 27:42 Then the soldiers were in agreement that they should kill the prisoners, lest anyone, after escaping by swimming, might flee.Acts 27:42
Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people has grown dull, and they have listened with reluctant ears, and they have closed their eyes tightly, lest perhaps they might see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and so be converted, and I would heal them.’Acts 28:27
Number of the word / term Lest in Acts: 8
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Romans
Romans 15:20 And so I have preached this Gospel, not where Christ was known by name, lest I build upon the foundation of another,Romans 15:20
Number of the word / term Lest in Romans: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to evangelize: not through the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ become empty.1 Corinthians 1:17
1 Corinthians 7:5 So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.1 Corinthians 7:5
1 Corinthians 8:13 Because of this, if food leads my brother to sin, I will never eat meat, lest I lead my brother to sin.1 Corinthians 8:13
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 15:2 By the Gospel, too, you are being saved, if you hold to the understanding that I preached to you, lest you believe in vain.1 Corinthians 15:2
Number of the word / term Lest in 1 Corinthians: 5
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 2:7 So then, to the contrary, you should be more forgiving and consoling, lest perhaps someone like this may be overwhelmed with excessive sorrow.2 Corinthians 2:7
2 Corinthians 8:20 So let us avoid this, lest anyone disparage us over the abundance that is ministered by us.2 Corinthians 8:20
2 Corinthians 10:2 So I am petitioning you, lest I be bold, when present, with that bold confidence that I am considered to have by certain ones who judge us as if we were walking according to the flesh.2 Corinthians 10:2
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I am afraid lest, as the serpent led astray Eve by his cleverness, so your minds might be corrupted and might fall away from the simplicity which is in Christ.2 Corinthians 11:3
2 Corinthians 12:6 For even though I am willing to glory, I will not be foolish. But I will speak the truth. Yet I will do so sparingly, lest anyone may consider me to be anything more than what he sees in me, or anything more than what he hears from me.2 Corinthians 12:6
2 Corinthians 12:7 And lest the greatness of the revelations should extol me, there was given to me a prodding in my flesh: an angel of Satan, who struck me repeatedly.2 Corinthians 12:7
2 Corinthians 12:20 Yet I fear, lest perhaps, when I have arrived, I might not find you such as I would want, and I might be found by you, such as you would not want. For perhaps there may be among you: contention, envy, animosity, dissension, detraction, whispering, self-exaltation, and rebellion.2 Corinthians 12:20
Number of the word / term Lest in 2 Corinthians: 7
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 2:2 And I went up according to revelation, and I debated with them about the Gospel that I am preaching among the Gentiles, but away from those who were pretending to be something, lest perhaps I might run, or have run, in vain.Galatians 2:2
Galatians 4:11 I am afraid for you, lest perhaps I may have labored in vain among you.Galatians 4:11
Number of the word / term Lest in Galatians: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Colossians
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.Colossians 3:21
Number of the word / term Lest in Colossians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 3:5 For this reason also, I was not willing to wait any longer, and I sent to find out about your faith, lest perhaps he who tempts may have tempted you, and our labor might have been in vain.1 Thessalonians 3:5
Number of the word / term Lest in 1 Thessalonians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a new convert, lest, being elated by pride, he may fall under the sentence of the devil.1 Timothy 3:6
1 Timothy 6:1 Whoever are servants under the yoke, let them consider their masters to be worthy of every honor, lest the name and doctrine of the Lord be blasphemed.1 Timothy 6:1
Number of the word / term Lest in 1 Timothy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 2:1 For this reason, it is necessary for us to observe more thoroughly the things that we have heard, lest we let them slip away.Hebrews 2:1
Hebrews 3:12 Be cautious, brothers, lest perhaps there may be, in any of you, an evil heart of unbelief, turning aside from the living God.Hebrews 3:12
Hebrews 4:1 Therefore, we should be afraid, lest the promise of entering into his rest may be relinquished, and some of you may be judged to be lacking.Hebrews 4:1
Hebrews 12:15 Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,Hebrews 12:15
Hebrews 12:19 or the sound of a trumpet, or a voice of words. Those who had experienced these things excused themselves, lest the Word be spoken to them.Hebrews 12:19
Number of the word / term Lest in Hebrews: 5
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 3:17 But since you, brothers, know these things beforehand, be cautious, lest by being drawn into the error of the foolish, you may fall away from your own steadfastness.2 Peter 3:17
Number of the word / term Lest in 2 Peter: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book 2 John
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 Lest in 2 John: 1
Bible passages with ‘Lest’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 3:2 Be vigilant, and confirm the things that remain, lest they soon die out. For I do not find your works to be full in the sight of my God.Revelation 3:2
Revelation 16:15 “Behold, I arrive like a thief. Blessed is he who is vigilant and who preserves his vestment, lest he walk naked and they see his disgrace.”Revelation 16:15
Number of the word / term ‘Lest’ in Revelation: 2
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Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 200
