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because

Concordance for “because”

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1,209 occurrences1,138 verses59 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:3

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Showing verses 1–10 of 25 · 28 word occurrences in this result

Job 3:10
because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:10 · retained source text

Because it shut not vp the doores of my mothers wombe, nor hid sorrowe from mine eyes.

Job 6:20
They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 6:20 · retained source text

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

Job 8:9
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 8:9 · retained source text

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our dayes vpon earth are a shadow.)

1611 marginal noteHeb. not.

1611 marginal noteSee chap. 7.6. gen. 47.9. 1.chron. 29.15. psal. 144.4. psal. 39.14.

Job 11:16
because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 11:16 · retained source text

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that passe away:

Job 11:18
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 11:18 · retained source text

And thou shalt be secure because there is hope, yea thou shalt digge about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

Job 15:27
because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 15:27 · retained source text

Because he couereth his face with his fatnesse, and maketh collops of fat on his flankes.

Job 17:12
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 17:12 · retained source text

They change the night into day: the light is short, because of darknes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. neere.

Job 18:15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 18:15 · retained source text

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered vpon his habitation.

Job 20:19
because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 20:19 · retained source text

Because hee hath oppressed, and hath forsaken the poore; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not:

1611 marginal noteHebr. crushed.

1611 marginal noteEccles. 5.12.

Job 23:17
because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 23:17 · retained source text

Because I was not cut off before the darknes, neither hath he couered the darknes from my face.

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Genesis65 occurrences
61 verses
Exodus20 occurrences
19 verses
Leviticus21 occurrences
18 verses
Numbers37 occurrences
36 verses
Deuteronomy55 occurrences
49 verses
Joshua28 occurrences
25 verses
Judges27 occurrences
26 verses
1 Samuel44 occurrences
40 verses
2 Samuel29 occurrences
28 verses
1 Kings35 occurrences
34 verses
2 Kings22 occurrences
22 verses
1 Chronicles28 occurrences
28 verses
2 Chronicles46 occurrences
45 verses
Ezra9 occurrences
8 verses
Nehemiah11 occurrences
11 verses
Esther4 occurrences
4 verses
Job28 occurrences
25 verses
Psalms72 occurrences
66 verses
Proverbs5 occurrences
5 verses
Ecclesiastes13 occurrences
13 verses
Song of Solomon4 occurrences
3 verses
Isaiah46 occurrences
43 verses
Jeremiah102 occurrences
91 verses
Lamentations13 occurrences
11 verses
Ezekiel68 occurrences
64 verses
Daniel12 occurrences
12 verses
Hosea19 occurrences
18 verses
Joel7 occurrences
7 verses
Amos9 occurrences
9 verses
Jonah1 occurrence
1 verse
Micah7 occurrences
7 verses
Nahum2 occurrences
2 verses
Habakkuk6 occurrences
5 verses
Zephaniah3 occurrences
3 verses
Haggai1 occurrence
1 verse
Zechariah7 occurrences
5 verses
Malachi2 occurrences
2 verses
Matthew31 occurrences
31 verses
Mark20 occurrences
20 verses
Luke30 occurrences
28 verses
John70 occurrences
69 verses
Acts32 occurrences
31 verses
Romans18 occurrences
17 verses
1 Corinthians9 occurrences
9 verses
2 Corinthians5 occurrences
5 verses
Galatians5 occurrences
5 verses
Ephesians3 occurrences
3 verses
Philippians4 occurrences
4 verses
1 Thessalonians4 occurrences
4 verses
2 Thessalonians5 occurrences
5 verses
1 Timothy5 occurrences
4 verses
Philemon1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews10 occurrences
10 verses
James3 occurrences
3 verses
1 Peter3 occurrences
3 verses
1 John25 occurrences
21 verses
3 John1 occurrence
1 verse
Jude1 occurrence
1 verse
Revelation16 occurrences
16 verses