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The
Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground – trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
And
out of the
ground the
Lord God made to
spring up every
tree that is
pleasant to the
sight and
good for
food.
The
tree of
life was in the
midst of the
garden,
and the
tree of the
knowledge of
good and
evil.
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The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
and the
man became rich, and
gained more and
more until he became
very wealthy.
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You will live by the sword
and you will serve your brother.
But when you grow restless,
you will throw his yoke
from off your neck.’
By your
sword you shall
live,
and you shall
serve your
brother;
but when you
grow restless you shall
break his
yoke from your
neck.”
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the Angel who has delivered me from all harm
– may he bless these boys.
May they be called by my name
and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac,
and may they increase greatly
on the earth.’
the
angel who has
redeemed me
from all evil,
bless the
boys;
and in them let my
name be
carried on, and the
name of my
fathers Abraham and
Isaac;
and let them
grow into a
multitude in the
midst of the
earth.”
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The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink; the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.”’
The
fish in the
Nile shall
die, and the
Nile will
stink, and the
Egyptians will
grow weary of
drinking water from the
Nile.”’”
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‘“During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor may be used on their head. They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the
Lord is over; they must let their hair grow long.
“
All the
days of his
vow of
separation,
no razor shall
touch his
head.
Until the
time is
completed for
which he
separates himself to the
Lord, he shall be
holy.
He shall let the
locks of
hair of his
head grow
long.
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Edom will be conquered;
Seir, his enemy, will be conquered,
but Israel will grow strong.
Edom shall be
dispossessed;
Seir also, his
enemies, shall be
dispossessed.
Israel is
doing valiantly.
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The
Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you.
The
Lord your
God will
clear away
these nations before you
little by
little.
You may not make an
end of them at
once lest the
wild beasts grow too numerous for you.
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and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied,
and when your
herds and
flocks multiply and your
silver and
gold is
multiplied and
all that you have is
multiplied,
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But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
But the
hair of his
head began to
grow again after it had been
shaved.
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And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favour with the
Lord and with people.
Now the
boy Samuel continued to
grow both in
stature and in
favor with the
Lord and also with
man.
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One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place.
At that
time Eli,
whose
eyesight had
begun to
grow dim so that he
could not
see, was lying
down in his own
place.
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Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?
And
take care not to be slack in this
matter.
Why should
damage grow to the
hurt of the
king?”
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When evening shadows fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be shut and not opened until the Sabbath was over. I stationed some of my own men at the gates so that no load could be brought in on the Sabbath day.
As soon
as it began to
grow dark at the
gates of
Jerusalem before the
Sabbath, I
commanded that the
doors should be
shut and
gave orders that they should
not be
opened until after the
Sabbath. And I
stationed some of my
servants at the
gates, that
no load might be
brought in on the
Sabbath day.
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Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?
Can reeds thrive without water?
“Can
papyrus grow where there is
no marsh?
Can
reeds flourish where there is
no water?
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Surely its life withers away,
and from the soil other plants grow.
Behold,
this is the
joy of his
way,
and out of the
soil others will
spring.
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Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump die in the soil,
Though its
root grow
old in the
earth,
and its
stump die in the
soil,
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Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways,
and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
Yet the
righteous holds to his
way,
and he who has
clean hands grows stronger and
stronger.
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Why do the wicked live on,
growing old and increasing in power?
Why do the
wicked live,
reach
old age,
and grow mighty in
power?
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‘If I have denied the desires of the poor
or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
“
If I have
withheld anything that the
poor desired,
or have caused the
eyes of the
widow to
fail,
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then let briers come up instead of wheat
and stinkweed instead of barley.’
The words of Job are ended.
let
thorns grow instead of
wheat,
and foul
weeds instead of
barley.”
The
words of
Job are
ended.
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Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
they leave and do not return.
Their
young ones become
strong; they
grow up in the
open;
they
go out and do
not return to them.
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My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
they fail because of all my foes.
My
eye wastes away because of
grief;
it
grows weak because of
all my
foes.
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Be merciful to me,
Lord, for I am in distress;
my eyes grow weak with sorrow,
my soul and body with grief.
Be
gracious to me, O
Lord, for I am in
distress;
my
eye is
wasted from
grief;
my
soul and my
body also.
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My life is consumed by anguish
and my years by groaning;
my strength fails because of my affliction,
and my bones grow weak.
For my
life is
spent with
sorrow,
and my
years with
sighing;
my
strength fails because of my
iniquity,
and my
bones waste away.
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The lions may grow weak and hungry,
but those who seek the
Lord lack no good thing.
The
young lions suffer want and
hunger;
but those who
seek the
Lord lack no good thing.
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Do not be overawed when others grow rich,
when the splendour of their houses increases;
Be
not afraid when a
man becomes
rich,
when the
glory of his
house increases.
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I am worn out calling for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,
looking for my God.
I am
weary with my
crying out;
my
throat is
parched.
My
eyes grow dim with
waiting for my
God.
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The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
The
righteous flourish like the
palm tree and
grow like a
cedar in
Lebanon.
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He makes grass grow for the cattle,
and plants for people to cultivate –
bringing forth food from the earth:
You cause the
grass to
grow for the
livestock and
plants for
man to
cultivate,
that he may
bring forth food from the
earth
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May they be like grass on the roof,
which withers before it can grow;
Let them be like the
grass on the
housetops,
which
withers before it
grows up,
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‘Here I will make a horn grow for David
and set up a lamp for my anointed one.
There I will make a
horn to
sprout for
David;
I have
prepared a
lamp for my
anointed.
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He covers the sky with clouds;
he supplies the earth with rain
and makes grass grow on the hills.
He
covers the
heavens with
clouds;
he
prepares rain for the
earth;
he makes
grass grow on the
hills.
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Dishonest money dwindles away,
but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Wealth gained hastily will
dwindle,
but whoever
gathers little by
little will
increase it.
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Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;
stay awake and you will have food to spare.
Love not sleep,
lest you come to
poverty;
open your
eyes, and you will have
plenty of
bread.
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Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore fear God.
For when
dreams increase and
words grow
many, there is
vanity; but
God is the one you must
fear.
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before the sun and the light
and the moon and the stars grow dark,
and the clouds return after the rain;
before the
sun and the
light and the
moon and the
stars are
darkened and the
clouds return after the
rain,
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when the keepers of the house tremble,
and the strong men stoop,
when the grinders cease because they are few,
and those looking through the windows grow dim;
in the
day when the
keepers of the
house tremble, and the
strong men are
bent, and the
grinders cease because they are
few, and those who
look through the
windows are
dimmed,
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when the doors to the street are closed
and the sound of grinding fades;
when people rise up at the sound of birds,
but all their songs grow faint;
and the
doors on the
street are
shut—when the
sound of the
grinding is
low, and one rises
up at the
sound of a
bird, and
all the
daughters of
song are
brought low—
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I will make it a wasteland,
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain on it.’
I will
make it a
waste;
it shall
not be
pruned or hoed,
and
briers and
thorns shall grow
up;
I will also
command the
clouds that they
rain no rain upon it.
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‘In that day the glory of Jacob will fade;
the fat of his body will waste away.
And in that
day the
glory of
Jacob will be
brought low,
and the
fat of his
flesh will
grow lean.
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though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest will be as nothing
in the day of disease and incurable pain.
though you make them
grow on the
day that you
plant them,
and make them
blossom in the
morning that you
sow,
yet the
harvest will
flee away in a
day of
grief and
incurable pain.
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Therefore this is what the
Lord, who redeemed Abraham, says to the descendants of Jacob:
‘No longer will Jacob be ashamed;
no longer will their faces grow pale.
Therefore thus says the
Lord,
who redeemed Abraham, concerning the
house of
Jacob:
“
Jacob shall
no more be
ashamed,
no more shall his
face grow pale.
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Thorns will overrun her citadels,
nettles and brambles her strongholds.
She will become a haunt for jackals,
a home for owls.
Thorns shall
grow over its
strongholds,
nettles and
thistles in its
fortresses.
It shall be the
haunt of
jackals,
an
abode for
ostriches.
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The burning sand will become a pool,
the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
In the haunts where jackals once lay,
grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
the
burning sand shall become a
pool,
and the
thirsty ground springs of
water;
in the
haunt of
jackals, where they
lie down,
the
grass shall
become reeds and
rushes.
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Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The
Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
Have you
not known? Have you
not heard?
The
Lord is the
everlasting God,
the
Creator of the
ends of the
earth.
He does
not faint or grow
weary;
his
understanding is
unsearchable.
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Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
Even
youths shall
faint and be
weary,
and
young men shall
fall exhausted;
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but those who hope in the
Lord will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
but they who
wait for the
Lord shall
renew their
strength;
they shall mount
up with
wings like
eagles;
they shall
run and
not be
weary;
they shall
walk and
not faint.
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he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.
In his teaching the islands will put their hope.’
He will
not grow faint or be
discouraged till he has
established justice in the
earth;
and the
coastlands wait for his
law.
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He cut down cedars,
or perhaps took a cypress or oak.
He let it grow among the trees of the forest,
or planted a pine, and the rain made it grow.
He cuts
down cedars, or he
chooses a
cypress tree or an
oak and lets it
grow strong among the
trees of the
forest. He
plants a
cedar and the
rain nourishes it.
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Instead of the thorn-bush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the
Lord’s renown,
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure for ever.’
Instead of the
thorn shall
come up the
cypress;
instead of the
brier shall
come up the
myrtle;
and it shall make a
name for the
Lord,
an
everlasting sign that shall
not be
cut off.”
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I will not accuse them for ever,
nor will I always be angry,
for then they would faint away because of me –
the very people I have created.
For I will
not contend forever,
nor will I
always be
angry;
for the
spirit would grow
faint before me,
and the breath of
life that I
made.
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For as the soil makes the young plant come up
and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign
Lord will make righteousness
and praise spring up before all nations.
For as the
earth brings forth its
sprouts,
and as a
garden causes what is
sown in it to
sprout up,
so the
Lord God will cause
righteousness and
praise to
sprout up before all the
nations.
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Therefore the earth will mourn
and the heavens above grow dark,
because I have spoken and will not relent,
I have decided and will not turn back.’
“
For this the
earth shall
mourn,
and the
heavens above be
dark;
for I have
spoken; I have
purposed;
I have
not relented,
nor will I turn
back.”
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‘Prepare for battle against her!
Arise, let us attack at noon!
But, alas, the daylight is fading,
and the shadows of evening grow long.
“
Prepare war against her;
arise, and let us
attack at
noon!
Woe to us,
for the
day declines,
for the
shadows of
evening lengthen!
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You have planted them, and they have taken root;
they grow and bear fruit.
You are always on their lips
but far from their hearts.
You
plant them,
and they
take root;
they
grow and produce fruit;
you are
near in their
mouth and
far from their
heart.
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The mother of seven will grow faint
and breathe her last.
Her sun will set while it is still day;
she will be disgraced and humiliated.
I will put the survivors to the sword
before their enemies,’
declares the
Lord.
She who
bore seven has
grown feeble;
she has
fainted away;
her
sun went down while it was
yet day;
she has been
shamed and
disgraced.
And the
rest of them I will
give to the
sword before their
enemies,
declares the
Lord.”
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He has made my skin and my flesh grow old
and has broken my bones.
He has made my
flesh and my
skin waste away;
he has
broken my
bones;
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Because of this our hearts are faint;
because of these things our eyes grow dim
For this our
heart has
become sick,
for these
things our
eyes have
grown dim,
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‘Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: “The days go by and every vision comes to nothing”?
“
Son of
man,
what is
this proverb that you have
about the
land of
Israel,
saying,
‘The
days grow long, and
every vision comes to
nothing’?
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