lest KJV

“Lest” is in the King James Bible 240 times, in 229 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

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17 verses in Proverbs Show all

Proverbs
  1. 5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
  2. 5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
  3. 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
  4. 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
  5. 20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
  6. 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
  7. 24:18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
  8. 25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
  9. 25:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
  10. 25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
  11. 25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
  12. 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
  13. 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
  14. 30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
  15. 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
  16. 30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
  17. 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

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