should KJV

“Should” is in the King James Bible 783 times, in 690 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

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2 Corinthians
  1. 12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
  2. 12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
  3. 13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
  4. 13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
Galatians
  1. 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
  2. 2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
  3. 2:9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
  4. 2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
  5. 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
  6. 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
  7. 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
  8. 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
  9. 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
  10. 5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
  11. 6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
  12. 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Ephesians
  1. 1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
  2. 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
  3. 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
  4. 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
  5. 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
  6. 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
  7. 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Philippians
  1. 1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
  2. 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
  3. 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  4. 2:27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
Colossians
  1. 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
  2. 2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
1 Thessalonians
  1. 3:3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
  2. 3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
  3. 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
  4. 4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
  5. 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
  6. 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
2 Thessalonians
  1. 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
  2. 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
1 Timothy
  1. 1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Titus
  1. 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
  2. 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Philemon
  1. 1:14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Hebrews
  1. 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  2. 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
  3. 3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
  4. 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
  5. 7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
  6. 8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
  7. 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
  8. 9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
  9. 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

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