'Always' in the Bible

For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things--all of them.

For it is always he who asks that receives, he who seeks that finds, and he who knocks that has the door opened to him.

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased and delighted! Listen to Him!”

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

So the crowd came and began to request that Pilate do for them what he always did.

Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was always obedient to them; but His mother carefully treasured up all these incidents in her memory.

Some soldiers asked him, “And what about us, what are we to do?” And he replied to them, “Do not extort money from anyone or harass or blackmail anyone, and be satisfied with your wages.”

“‘Son,’ he said to him, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

He was always trying to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs used to come and lick his sores.

Pay attention and always be on guard [looking out for one another]! If your brother sins and disregards God’s precepts, solemnly warn him; and if he repents and changes, forgive him.

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

"You are the ones who have always stood by me in my trials.

saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.”

And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form [His majesty and greatness—what He is like].

Then they said, “Sir, give us this bread always!”

Jesus told them, “My time has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand.

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.

And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

I will ask the Father to give you another Helper, to be with you always.

Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.

For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. She was always doing good works and acts of charity.

He was a devout man and feared God along with his whole household. He did many charitable deeds for the Jewish people and always prayed to God.

Therefore be continually alert, remembering that for three years, night or day, I did not stop admonishing and advising each one [of you] with tears.

We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.

And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;

always asking in my prayers that if it is somehow in God’s will, I may now at last succeed in coming to you.

For whilst we were under the thraldom of our earthly natures, sinful passions-- made sinful by the Law--were always being aroused to action in our bodily faculties that they might yield fruit to death.

Yet there was always the hope that at last the Creation itself would also be set free from the thraldom of decay so as to enjoy the liberty that will attend the glory of the children of God.

let their eyes be darkened -- not to behold, and their back do Thou always bow down.'

Relieve the necessities of God's people; always practise hospitality.

For all that was written of old has been written for our instruction, so that we may always have hope through the power of endurance and the encouragement which the Scriptures afford.

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

No temptation [regardless of its source] has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience [nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance]; but God is faithful [to His word—He is compassionate and trustworthy], and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability [to resist], but along with the temptation He [has in the past and is now and] will [always] provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it [without yielding, and will overcome temptation with joy].

I praise and appreciate you because you remember me in everything and you firmly hold to the traditions [the substance of my instructions], just as I have passed them on to you.

But always seek to excel in the greater gifts. And now I will point out to you a way of life which transcends all others.

Love is always patient; love is always kind; love is never envious or arrogant with pride. Nor is she conceited,

is never glad with sin; she's always glad to side with truth, and pleased that truth will win.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

For God's Son, Jesus the Messiah, who was preached among you by us by me, Silvanus, and Timothy was not "Yes" and "No." But with him it is always "Yes."

When you forgive a man an offence I also forgive it; for in fact what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has always been for your sakes in the presence of Christ,

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

For we who live are always given over to death because of Jesus, so that Jesus’ life may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

as grieving yet always rejoicing;as poor yet enriching many;as having nothing yet possessing everything.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Though untrained in public speaking, I am certainly not untrained in knowledge. Indeed, we have always made that clear to you in everything.

But we did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you.

But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.

Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.

[I always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of Him [for we know the Father through the Son].

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,

According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

so that you may always prove yourselves to be blameless and spotless--irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as heavenly lights in the world,

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

But I rejoice with a deep and holy joy that now at length you have revived your thoughtfulness for my welfare. Indeed you have always been thoughtful for me, although opportunity failed you.

We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

having the roots of your being firmly planted in Him, and continually building yourselves up in Him, and always being increasingly confirmed in the faith as you were taught it, and abounding in it with thanksgiving.

Let the peace of Christ [the inner calm of one who walks daily with Him] be the controlling factor in your hearts [deciding and settling questions that arise]. To this peace indeed you were called as members in one body [of believers]. And be thankful [to God always].

Your speech should always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer each person.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are always completing the number of their sins, and wrath has overtaken them at last.

But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:

Then we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord.

We [earnestly] urge you, believers, admonish those who are out of line [the undisciplined, the unruly, the disorderly], encourage the timid [who lack spiritual courage], help the [spiritually] weak, be very patient with everyone [always controlling your temper].

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

Rejoice always!

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

Honor and help those widows who are truly widowed [alone, and without support].

being always mindful of your tears, and longing to see you that I may be filled with joy.

always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

One of their very own prophets said,Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.

Always set an example for others by doing good actions. Teach with integrity and dignity.

Exhort slaves to be always obedient to their owners, and to give them satisfaction in everything, not contradicting and not pilfering,

to slander no one, to avoid fighting, and to be kind, always showing gentleness to all people.

I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,

for 40 years.Therefore I was provoked with that generationand said, “They always go astray in their hearts,and they have not known My ways.”

In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will].

For men swear by what is greater than themselves; and with them an oath in confirmation of a statement always puts an end to a dispute.

And beyond all dispute it is always the inferior who is blessed by the superior.

Therefore, He is always able to save those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

Let brotherly love always continue.

Jesus Christ is [eternally changeless, always] the same yesterday and today and forever.