'Appropriate' in the Bible
And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all of the provinces of your kingdom; their laws [are] different from every [other] people, and they do not {observe} the laws of the king; it is not appropriate for the king to tolerate them.
{As I live}, {declares} the Lord Yahweh, it will surely not any longer be {appropriate for you} to quote this proverb in Israel!
Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not that I may put a restriction on you, but to promote appropriate and devoted service to the Lord without distraction.
Likewise also the women should adorn themselves in appropriate clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold jewelry or pearls or expensive clothing,
For they disciplined [us] for a few days according to what seemed [appropriate] to them, but he [does so] for our benefit, in order that [we] can have a share in his holiness.
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- Allow (206 instances)
- Appropriate (93 instances)
- Assume (14 instances)
- Capture (76 instances)
- Conquer (50 instances)
- Hire (53 instances)
- Intercept (3 instances)
- Partition (5 instances)
- Reserve (27 instances)
- Seize (130 instances)
- Special (220 instances)
- Steal (42 instances)