Psalms 33:11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man. (BBE NIV)
Psalms 36:5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds. (BBE)
Psalms 39:6 Truly, every man goes on his way like an image; he is troubled for no purpose: he makes a great store of wealth, and has no knowledge of who will get it. (BBE)
Psalms 57:2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who accomplishes my requests for me. (See RSV NIV)
Psalms 64:2 Keep me safe from the secret purpose of wrongdoers; from the band of the workers of evil; (BBE)
Psalms 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them? (ASV BBE NAS RSV)
Psalms 64:6 Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep. (BBE)
Psalms 71:24 My tongue will be talking of your righteousness all the day; for those whose purpose is to do me evil have been crushed and put to shame. (BBE)
Psalms 73:13 As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness; (BBE)
Psalms 89:47 See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose? (BBE)
Psalms 90:13 Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed. (BBE)
Psalms 106:43 Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins. (BBE RSV)
Psalms 119:96 I have seen an end to every purpose; but Thy commandment is exceeding broad. (JPS)
Psalms 119:150 Near have been my wicked pursuers, From Thy law they have been far off. (See RSV)
Psalms 138:8 The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands. (See RSV NIV)
Proverbs 1:4 To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose: (BBE)
Proverbs 1:17 Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird: (BBE)
Proverbs 3:21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes. (BBE)
Proverbs 5:2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge. (BBE)
Proverbs 16:4 The LORD hath made every things for His own purpose, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. (JPS BBE NAS RSV)
Proverbs 17:16 To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense? (DBY)
Proverbs 18:1 He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense. (BBE)
Proverbs 19:21 A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging. (BBE YLT RSV NIV)
Proverbs 20:5 The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out. (BBE RSV NIV)
Proverbs 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. (KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT)
Proverbs 21:27 The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose! (BBE DBY)
Proverbs 22:16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need. (BBE)
Proverbs 24:9 The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others. (BBE DBY)
Ecclesiastes 1:2 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 1:14 I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; all is to no purpose, and desire for wind. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in my heart, I will give you joy for a test; so take your pleasure--but it was to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 2:11 Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 2:15 Then said I in my heart: As it comes to the foolish man, so will it come to me; so why have I been wise overmuch? Then I said in my heart: This again is to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 2:21 Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 2:23 All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 3:1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)
Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS)
Ecclesiastes 3:19 Because the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other, and all have one spirit. Man is not higher than the beasts; because all is to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 4:4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 4:7 Then I came back, and I saw an example of what is to no purpose under the sun. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 4:8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 4:16 There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 5:7 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 6:2 A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 6:9 What the eyes see is better than the wandering of desire. This is to no purpose and a desire for wind. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 6:11 There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them? (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 7:6 Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 7:15 These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 8:6 For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS)
Ecclesiastes 8:10 And then I saw evil men put to rest, taken even from the holy place; and they went about and were praised in the town because of what they had done. This again is to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 8:14 There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 9:1 All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 11:8 But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 11:10 So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose. (BBE)
Ecclesiastes 12:8 All things are to no purpose, says the Preacher, all is to no purpose. (BBE)
Isaiah 1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. (KJV JPS DBY WBS)
Isaiah 5:19 Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us. (See NAS RSV)
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done. (BBE)
Isaiah 10:7 But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations. (BBE NAS NIV)
Isaiah 10:12 For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes. (BBE)
Isaiah 14:24 Yahweh of Armies has sworn, saying, "Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV NIV)
Isaiah 14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV)
Isaiah 14:27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? (Root in KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)
Isaiah 19:12 Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)
Isaiah 19:17 And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt, whensoever one maketh mention thereof to it; it shall be afraid, because of the purpose of the LORD of hosts, which He purposeth against it. (JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)
Isaiah 23:9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. (Root in KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV)
Isaiah 26:12 Lord, you will give us peace: for all our works are the outcome of your purpose. (BBE)
Isaiah 30:1 Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin: (BBE)
Isaiah 30:7 For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS)
Isaiah 31:2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help. (BBE)
Isaiah 37:32 For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done. (BBE)
Isaiah 41:4 Whose purpose and work was it? His who sent out the generations from the start. I the Lord, the first, and with the last, I am he. (BBE)
Isaiah 42:6 I the Lord have made you the vessel of my purpose, I have taken you by the hand, and kept you safe, and I have given you to be an agreement to the people, and a light to the nations: (BBE)
Isaiah 43:13 From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed? (BBE)
Isaiah 44:26 Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places fertile again: (Root in BBE NAS)
Isaiah 44:28 Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem, I will give the word for your building; and of the Temple, Your bases will be put in place. (See RSV)
Isaiah 46:10 Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure; (BBE NAS RSV NIV)
Isaiah 46:11 calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)
Isaiah 48:14 Come together, all of you, and give ear; who among you has given news of these things? the Lord's loved one will do his pleasure with Babylon, and with the seed of the Chaldaeans. (See RSV NIV)
Isaiah 49:4 And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward. (BBE NIV)
Isaiah 49:6 It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth. (BBE)
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased the LORD to crush him by disease; to see if his soul would offer itself in restitution, that he might see his seed, prolong his days, and that the purpose of the LORD might prosper by his hand: (JPS)
Isaiah 54:16 See, I have made the iron-worker, blowing on the burning coals, and making the instrument of war by his work; and I have made the waster for destruction. (See RSV)
Isaiah 55:7 Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him. (BBE)
Isaiah 55:11 So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it. (BBE RSV NIV)
Jeremiah 2:30 I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion. (BBE)
Jeremiah 2:36 Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria. (BBE)
Jeremiah 4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)
Jeremiah 5:5 I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands. (BBE)
Jeremiah 6:20 To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)
Jeremiah 6:29 The blower is blowing strongly, the lead is burned away in the fire: they go on heating the metal to no purpose, for the evil-doers are not taken away. (BBE)
Jeremiah 10:24 O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small. (BBE)
Jeremiah 15:6 You have given me up, says the Lord, you have gone back: so my hand is stretched out against you for your destruction; I am tired of changing my purpose. (BBE)
Jeremiah 15:11 Yahweh said, Most certainly I will strengthen you for good; most certainly I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. (See NAS NIV)
Jeremiah 18:8 If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed. (BBE)
Jeremiah 18:10 If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed. (BBE)
Jeremiah 23:27 Whose purpose is to take away the memory of my name from my people by their dreams, of which every man is talking to his neighbour, as their fathers gave up the memory of my name for the Baal. (BBE)