'Ever' in the Bible

Do not, however, imitate them; for your Father knows what things you need before ever you ask Him.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

"So don't ever worry by saying, "What are we going to eat?' or "What are we going to drink?' or "What are we going to wear?'

No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made.

When the demon had been driven out, the man spoke. And the crowds were amazed, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

"I solemnly tell you that among all of woman born no greater has ever been raised up than John the Baptist; yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of the Heavens is greater than he.

For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might heal them.'

"Beware of ever despising one of these little ones, for I tell you that in Heaven their angels have continual access to my Father who is in Heaven.

Jesus told them, "Yes! Haven't you ever read, "From the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have created praise'?" Then he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

"Then the King will say to those at His right, "'Come, my Father's blessed ones, receive your inheritance of the Kingdom which has been divinely intended for you ever since the creation of the world.

For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.

Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.

Haven't you ever read this Scripture: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; no wine or fermented drink shall he ever drink; but he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from the very hour of his birth.

And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

For with God nothing [is or ever] shall be impossible.”

His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

I tell you, no one has ever been born who is greater than John. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

Often a spirit seizes him; suddenly he shrieks, and it throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; wounding him, it hardly ever leaves him.

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever harm you.

Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

"But I charge you, so to use the wealth which is ever tempting to dishonesty as to win friends who, when it fails, shall welcome you to the tents that never perish.

Jesus saw his sorrow, and said, "With how hard a struggle do the possessors of riches ever enter the Kingdom of God!

Those in front reproved him and tried to silence him; but he continued shouting, louder than ever, "Son of David, take pity on me."

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a young donkey tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words won't ever disappear."

Taking it down, he wrapped it in fine linen and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever been placed.

No one has ever seen God.The One and Only Son—the One who is at the Father’s side—He has revealed Him.

Nathanael said to Jesus, “How do You know [these things about] me?” Jesus answered, “Before Philip called you, when you were still under the fig tree, I saw you.”

Jesus answered him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God.”

Jesus answered, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.

No one has gone up into heaven, but there is One who came down from heaven, the Son of Man [Himself—whose home is in heaven].

But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again—ever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life.”

Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him, for not only was He breaking the Sabbath [from their viewpoint], but He was also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

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].

They said therefore to him, Lord, ever give to us this bread.

“I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to Me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in Me will ever be thirsty again.

Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He [who was with the Father and] who is from God; He [alone] has seen the Father.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

The police answered, “No man ever spoke like this!”

And He who sent Me is [always] with Me; He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

I assure you: If anyone keeps My word, he will never see death—ever!”

Then the Jews said, “Now we know You have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste death—ever!’

Throughout history no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish—ever! No one will snatch them out of My hand.

Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die—ever. Do you believe this?”

The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

The one who loves his life [eventually] loses it [through death], but the one who hates his life in this world [and is concerned with pleasing God] will keep it for life eternal.

The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

“You will never wash my feet—ever!” Peter said.Jesus replied, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with Me.”

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.

Even as the Father has given me his love, so I have given my love to you: be ever in my love.

If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

You did not take me for yourselves, but I took you for myself; and I gave you the work of going about and producing fruit which will be for ever; so that whatever request you make to the Father in my name he may give it to you.

If I had not done among them the works (attesting miracles) which no one else [ever] did, they would not have [the guilt of their] sin; but now [the fact is that] they have both seen [these works] and have hated Me [and continue to hate Me] and My Father as well.

“I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever] believe and trust in Me through their message,

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.

When Pilate heard this statement, he was more afraid than ever.

But there was in the place where he had been crucified a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

For David says of Him:I saw the Lord ever before me;because He is at my right hand,I will not be shaken.

and believers were more than ever added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;)

And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:

You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

“‘No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

and said, “You son of the Devil, full of all deceit and all fraud, enemy of all righteousness! Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?

“And now I know that none of you will ever see my face again—everyone I went about preaching the kingdom to.

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

For this people's mind has grown callous, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might cure them.'

And that I am ever making prayers that God will give me a good journey to you.

For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense.

Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

Where then is there room for your boasting? It is for ever shut out. On what principle? On the ground of merit? No, but on the ground of faith.

Sin was [committed] in the world before the Law [was given], but sin is not charged [against anyone] when there is no law [against it].

I am speaking in [familiar] human terms because of your natural limitations [your spiritual immaturity]. For just as you presented your bodily members as slaves to impurity and to [moral] lawlessness, leading to further lawlessness, so now offer your members [your abilities, your talents] as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification [that is, being set apart for God’s purpose].

Now, did something good bring me death? Of course not! But in order that sin might be recognized as being sin, it used something good to cause my death, so that through the rule, sin might become more exposed as being sinful than ever before.

For the good that I want to do, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

So I find it to be the law [of my inner self], that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.

Who shall ever separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.

You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?"

whereas Israel, [though always] pursuing the law of righteousness, did not succeed in fulfilling the law.

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will not be disappointed [in his expectations].”

For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor?