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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Otherwise</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/o/otherwise.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/matthew/6-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/o/otherwise.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Otherwise</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/o/others_with_them.htm" title="Others with them">◄</a> Otherwise <a href="/topical/o/othni.htm" title="Othni">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>The term "otherwise" is used in the Bible to indicate an alternative condition or outcome, often highlighting the consequences of not following God's commands or the wisdom imparted through Scripture. It serves as a linguistic tool to contrast what is with what could be under different circumstances. In the Berean Standard Bible , "otherwise" appears in various contexts, each providing insight into the importance of obedience, wisdom, and discernment in the life of a believer. Old Testament Usage In the Old Testament, "otherwise" is frequently used in the context of God's laws and commandments. For example, in <a href="/deuteronomy/12-13.htm">Deuteronomy 12:13-14</a>, the Israelites are instructed on the proper place for sacrifices: "Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see; you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribes. There you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do everything I command you." The implication is that offering sacrifices otherwise, or in a place not chosen by God, would lead to disobedience and potential judgment. Similarly, in <a href="/deuteronomy/17-16.htm">Deuteronomy 17:16-17</a>, the king of Israel is given specific instructions regarding his conduct: "He must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, 'You are never to go back that way again.' He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold." The use of "otherwise" here underscores the potential for the king's heart to turn away from God if he fails to adhere to these commands. New Testament Usage In the New Testament, "otherwise" often appears in teachings of Jesus and the apostles, emphasizing the importance of understanding and applying spiritual truths. In <a href="/matthew/6.htm">Matthew 6:1</a>, Jesus warns against practicing righteousness for the sake of human approval: "Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven." Here, "otherwise" serves as a caution that seeking human praise nullifies divine reward. Paul, in his epistles, uses "otherwise" to clarify doctrinal truths and ethical instructions. In <a href="/1_corinthians/14-16.htm">1 Corinthians 14:16</a>, he discusses the importance of intelligibility in worship: "Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is ungifted say 'Amen' to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?" This highlights the necessity of edification and understanding within the church body. Theological Implications The use of "otherwise" in Scripture often underscores the conditional nature of God's promises and the importance of human response. It serves as a reminder that God's blessings and guidance are contingent upon obedience and faithfulness. The term also highlights the potential consequences of deviating from God's prescribed path, whether through disobedience, lack of wisdom, or failure to heed divine instruction. In a broader theological context, "otherwise" can be seen as a call to discernment and vigilance in the Christian life. Believers are encouraged to consider the outcomes of their choices and to align their actions with God's will, as revealed in Scripture. The presence of "otherwise" in biblical texts serves as a sobering reminder of the stakes involved in the spiritual journey and the importance of remaining steadfast in faith and practice.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (adv.) In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily.2. (adv.) In other respects.3. (adv.) In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/247.htm">247. allos -- otherwise</a> ... otherwise. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: allos Phonetic Spelling: (al'-loce) Short Definition: otherwise Definition: otherwise, things that are ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/247.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1489.htm">1489. eige -- if indeed, seeing that, unless, with neg. otherwise</a> ... otherwise. Part of Speech: Conditional Particle Or Conjunction Transliteration: eige Phonetic Spelling: (i'-gheh) Short Definition: if indeed, seeing that ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1489.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/235.htm">235. alla -- otherwise, on the other hand, but</a> ... otherwise, on the other hand, but. Part of Speech: Conjunction Transliteration: alla Phonetic Spelling: (al-lah') Short Definition: but, except Definition: but ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/235.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1490.htm">1490. ei de me(ge) -- form, appearance</a> ... Part of Speech: Particle, Negative Transliteration: ei de me(ge) Phonetic Spelling: (((gheh)) Short Definition: but if not, else, otherwise Definition: but if ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1490.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1893.htm">1893. epei -- when, because</a> ... when, because. Part of Speech: Conjunction Transliteration: epei Phonetic Spelling: (ep-i') Short Definition: after, for, since, otherwise Definition: of time ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1893.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2088.htm">2088. heteros -- differently</a> ... differently. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: heteros Phonetic Spelling: (het-er'-oce) Short Definition: otherwise, differently Definition: otherwise ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2088.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1490b.htm">1490b. ei de me(ge) -- but if not</a> ei de me(ge). 1490a, 1490b. ei de me(ge). 1491 . but if not. Transliteration: ei de me(ge) Short Definition: otherwise. Word Origin ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1490b.htm - 5k<a href="/greek/2443.htm">2443. hina -- in order that, that, so that</a> ... conjunction denoting purpose, definition or result Definition in order that, that, so that NASB Word Usage fear* (2), order (23), otherwise* (3), result (1 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2443.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1937.htm">1937. epithumeo -- desire, lust after</a> ... covet, desire, lust after. From epi and thumos; to set the heart upon, ie Long for (rightfully or otherwise) -- covet, desire, would fain, lust (after). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1937.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/3338.htm">3338. metamelomai -- to regret, repent</a> ... [3338 () in the papyri (P Thead 51.15, iv/ ad ) also means "regret" and for example is used of a thief, "Otherwise you will have reason for it" (, 403).]. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3338.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/176.htm">176. o -- or</a> ... Word Origin a prim. root Definition or NASB Word Usage also (1), either (1), if (2), if* (1), nor (1), or (294), otherwise (1), say (1), whether (8). ... /hebrew/176.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm">3808. lo -- not</a> ... no to nor (1), no* (30), none (28), none* (19), nor (401), nor* (5), nothing (35), nothing* (27), nowhere* (1), or (10), or else (1), otherwise (4), pathless ... /hebrew/3808.htm - 7k <a href="/hebrew/6435.htm">6435. pen -- lest</a> ... of uncertain derivation Definition lest NASB Word Usage because (2), fear (1), might (4), no (2), none (1), or (36), or else (6), otherwise (16), otherwise you ... /hebrew/6435.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5515.htm">5515. Sinim -- inhab. of unc. location</a> ... of unc. location NASB Word Usage Sinim (1). Sinim. Plural of an otherwise unknown name; Sinim, a distant Oriental region -- Sinim. 5514, 5515. Sinim. 5516 ... /hebrew/5515.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/6947.htm">6947. Qadesh Barnea -- a place in the desert</a> ... From the same as Qadesh and an otherwise unused word (apparently compounded of a correspondent to bar and a derivative of nuwa') meaning desert of a fugitive ... /hebrew/6947.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/996.htm">996. bayin -- an interval, space between</a> ... among, asunder, at, between twixt. (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from biyn; a ... /hebrew/996.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4824.htm">4824. Meronothi -- inhab. of Meronoth</a> ... Meronothite. Patrial from an unused noun; a Meronothite, or inhabitant of some (otherwise unknown) Meronoth. -- Meronothite. 4823, 4824. Meronothi. 4825 . ... /hebrew/4824.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7860.htm">7860. shoter -- official, officer</a> ... Active participle of an otherwise unused root probably meaning to write; properly, a scribe, ie (by analogy or implication) an official superintendent or ... /hebrew/7860.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5513.htm">5513. Sini -- a Canaanite people</a> ... Sinite. From an otherwise unknown name of a man; a Sinite, or descendant of one of the sons of Canaan -- Sinite. 5512b, 5513. Sini. 5514 . Strong's Numbers /hebrew/5513.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/5855.htm">5855. Atroth Shophan -- a place in Isr.</a> ... From the same as Atarowth and a name otherwise unused (being from the same as saphan) meaning hidden; crowns of Shophan; Atroth-Shophan, a place in Palestine ... /hebrew/5855.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/64_neither_is_it_possible.htm">Neither is it Possible to be Otherwise</a> ... THE THIRD CENTURY 64 Neither is it possible to be otherwise. Neither is it possible to be otherwise. All His power being turned into ... /.../traherne/centuries of meditations/64 neither is it possible.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_understanding_is_a_part.htm">Whether Understanding* is a Part of Prudence? [*Otherwise ...</a> ... OF EACH QUASI-INTEGRAL PART OF PRUDENCE (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether understanding* is a part of prudence? [*Otherwise intuition; Aristotle's word is {nous}]. ... /.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether understanding is a part.htm<a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_of_saint_augustine/chapter_xxix_but_he_that.htm">But He that no Otherwise Understands in the Beginning He Made...</a> ... Book XII Chapter XXIX But he that no otherwise understands In the Beginning He made? But he that no otherwise understands In the ... /.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xxix but he that.htm<a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_of_saint_augustine/chapter_xix_but_i_thought.htm">But I Thought Otherwise; Conceiving Only of My Lord Christ as of a ...</a> ... Book VII Chapter XIX But I thought otherwise; conceiving only of my Lord Christ as of a man of? But I thought otherwise; conceiving ... /.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xix but i thought.htm<a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/12_otherwise_if_everything_which.htm">Otherwise, if Everything which Goes against Origen and his ...</a> ... Otherwise, if everything which goes against Origen and his followers is supposed to be said by me against you, we must suppose that the letters of the popes ... /.../12 otherwise if everything which.htm<a href="/library/irenaeus/against_heresies/chapter_i_there_is_but_one.htm">There is but one God: the Impossibility of Its Being Otherwise.</a> ... Against Heresies: Book II Chapter I."There is but one God: the impossibility of its being otherwise. 1. It is proper, then, that ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/irenaeus/against heresies/chapter i there is but one.htm<a href="/library/schaff/the_seven_ecumenical_councils/canon_ii_that_he_who.htm">That He who is to be Ordained a Bishop must be Steadfastly ...</a> ... Canon II. That he who is to be ordained a Bishop must be steadfastly resolved to observe the canons, otherwise he shall not be ordained. ... /.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon ii that he who.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_apparel_of_women/chapter_ix_gods_distribution_must_regulate.htm">God's Distribution must Regulate Our Desires, Otherwise we Become ...</a> ... Book I. Chapter IX."God's Distribution Must Regulate Our Desires, Otherwise We Become the Prey of Ambition and Its Attendant Evils. ... /.../on the apparel of women/chapter ix gods distribution must regulate.htm<a href="/library/tertullian/the_prescription_against_heretics/chapter_xi_after_we_have_believed.htm">After we have Believed, Search Should Cease; Otherwise it must End ...</a> ... The Prescription Against Heretics. Chapter XI."After We Have Believed, Search Should Cease; Otherwise It Must End in a Denial of What We Have Believed. ... /.../the prescription against heretics/chapter xi after we have believed.htm<a href="/library/plotinus/the_six_enneads/seventh_tractate_on_the_primal.htm">Seventh Tractate. On the Primal Good and Secondary Forms of Good ...</a> ... THE FIRST ENNEAD SEVENTH TRACTATE. ON THE PRIMAL GOOD AND SECONDARY FORMS OF GOOD [OTHERWISE, "ON HAPPINESS"]. 1. We can scarcely ... /.../plotinus/the six enneads/seventh tractate on the primal.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/otherwise.htm">Otherwise (78 Occurrences)</a> ... 3. (adv.) In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept. Multi-Version Concordance Otherwise (78 Occurrences). ... /o/otherwise.htm - 30k<a href="/topical/n/noble.htm">Noble (61 Occurrences)</a> ...Otherwise the Revised Version's uses of "noble," and "nobleness" are for words containing the root genitive and referring to birth (compare The Wisdom of ... /n/noble.htm - 27k<a href="/topical/n/nobleman.htm">Nobleman (5 Occurrences)</a> ...Otherwise the Revised Version's uses of "noble," and "nobleness" are for words containing the root genitive and referring to birth (compare The Wisdom of ... /n/nobleman.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/n/nobles.htm">Nobles (71 Occurrences)</a> ...Otherwise the Revised Version's uses of "noble," and "nobleness" are for words containing the root genitive and referring to birth (compare The Wisdom of ... /n/nobles.htm - 33k<a href="/topical/t/turn.htm">Turn (963 Occurrences)</a> ... round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to ... /t/turn.htm - 41k<a href="/topical/s/scribes.htm">Scribes (85 Occurrences)</a> ... Most common was the appellative "rabbi" = "my lord" (Matthew 23:7 and otherwise). This word of polite address gradually became a title. ... /s/scribes.htm - 49k<a href="/topical/j/judith.htm">Judith (1 Occurrence)</a> ... in the western country, including Palestine, to help him to subdue a rival king whose power he feared-Arphaxad, king of the Medes (otherwise quite unknown). ... /j/judith.htm - 27k<a href="/topical/n/necessary.htm">Necessary (75 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Such as must be; impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable. 2. (a.) Impossible ... /n/necessary.htm - 30k<a href="/topical/u/uncut.htm">Uncut (5 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (a.) Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise; -- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been ... /u/uncut.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/t/tears.htm">Tears (58 Occurrences)</a> ... newly woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some of the old, and a worse hole would be made. (See RSV). Mark 2 ... /t/tears.htm - 27k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-overthinking.html">What does the Bible say about overthinking? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/enabling-sin.html">How can I avoid enabling someone else's sin? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/libertarian-free-will.html">What is libertarian free will? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/otherwise.htm">Otherwise: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Otherwise (78 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Matthew 6:1</a> Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. (KJV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/matthew/7-6.htm">Matthew 7:6</a> "Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor throw your pearls to the swine; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and then turn and attack you. (WEY)<a href="/matthew/9-16.htm">Matthew 9:16</a> 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. (WEY)<a href="/matthew/9-17.htm">Matthew 9:17</a> Nor do people pour new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the skins would split, the wine would escape, and the skins be destroyed. But they put new wine into fresh skins, and both are saved." (WEY DBY NAS)<a href="/matthew/13-15.htm">Matthew 13:15</a> for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.' (See NAS NIV)<a href="/matthew/15-5.htm">Matthew 15:5</a> But you say,'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," (WEB WEY NIV)<a href="/matthew/26-5.htm">Matthew 26:5</a> But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people." (See NAS)<a href="/matthew/27-64.htm">Matthew 27:64</a> Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people,'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first." (See NAS NIV)<a href="/mark/2-21.htm">Mark 2:21</a> No one mends an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away from it--the new from the old--and a worse hole would be made. (WEY DBY NAS)<a href="/mark/4-12.htm">Mark 4:12</a> that'seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.'" (See NAS NIV)<a href="/mark/7-11.htm">Mark 7:11</a> and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), 'is' whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine, (See NIV)<a href="/mark/14-2.htm">Mark 14:2</a> For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people." (See NAS)<a href="/luke/5-36.htm">Luke 5:36</a> And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. (KJV WEY DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/luke/5-37.htm">Luke 5:37</a> Nor does any one pour new wine into old wine-skins. Otherwise the new wine would burst the skins, the wine itself would be spilt, and the skins be destroyed. (WEY DBY YLT NAS)<a href="/luke/10-6.htm">Luke 10:6</a> And if there is a lover of peace there, your peace shall rest upon it; otherwise come back upon you. (WEY)<a href="/luke/14-12.htm">Luke 14:12</a> And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward. (See NAS)<a href="/luke/14-29.htm">Luke 14:29</a> Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him, (See NAS RSV)<a href="/luke/18-5.htm">Luke 18:5</a> yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.' (See NAS)<a href="/john/14-2.htm">John 14:2</a> In my Father's house there are many resting-places. Were it otherwise, I would have told you; for I am going to make ready a place for you. (WEY)<a href="/john/14-11.htm">John 14:11</a> Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake. (See NAS)<a href="/acts/28-27.htm">Acts 28:27</a> For this people's heart has grown callous. Their ears are dull of hearing. Their eyes they have closed. Lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.' (See NAS NIV)<a href="/romans/3-6.htm">Romans 3:6</a> May it never be! For then how will God judge the world? (See NAS)<a href="/romans/11-6.htm">Romans 11:6</a> And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22</a> See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/7-14.htm">1 Corinthians 7:14</a> For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. (WEB WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/12-22.htm">1 Corinthians 12:22</a> No, it is quite otherwise. Even those parts of the body which are apparently somewhat feeble are yet indispensable; (WEY)<a href="/1_corinthians/14-16.htm">1 Corinthians 14:16</a> Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the "Amen" at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn't know what you say? (WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-2.htm">1 Corinthians 15:2</a> by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain. (See NIV)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-29.htm">1 Corinthians 15:29</a> Otherwise what will become of those who got themselves baptized for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why are these baptized for them? (WEY NAS RSV)<a href="/2_corinthians/2-7.htm">2 Corinthians 2:7</a> So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great. (See NAS)<a href="/2_corinthians/9-4.htm">2 Corinthians 9:4</a> so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting. (See NAS)<a href="/2_corinthians/11-16.htm">2 Corinthians 11:16</a> I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. (KJV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/galatians/5-10.htm">Galatians 5:10</a> I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. (KJV ASV WBS YLT)<a href="/philippians/1-12.htm">Philippians 1:12</a> Now I would have you know, brethren, that what I have gone through has turned out to the furtherance of the Good News rather than otherwise. (WEY)<a href="/philippians/3-15.htm">Philippians 3:15</a> Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/1_timothy/5-25.htm">1 Timothy 5:25</a> In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can't be hidden. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/1_timothy/6-3.htm">1 Timothy 6:3</a> If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; (KJV WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/hebrews/9-17.htm">Hebrews 9:17</a> For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. (KJV WBS)<a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm">Hebrews 9:26</a> or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. (See NAS)<a href="/hebrews/10-2.htm">Hebrews 10:2</a> Or else wouldn't they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins? (See NAS RSV)<a href="/revelation/2-16.htm">Revelation 2:16</a> Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. (See NIV)<a href="/genesis/11-4.htm">Genesis 11:4</a> They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth." (See NAS)<a href="/genesis/38-23.htm">Genesis 38:23</a> Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her." (See NAS)<a href="/genesis/45-11.htm">Genesis 45:11</a> There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."' (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3</a> They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword." (See NAS)<a href="/exodus/12-33.htm">Exodus 12:33</a> The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men." (See NIV)<a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15</a> "Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call you and you eat of his sacrifice; (See NAS)<a href="/leviticus/5-1.htm">Leviticus 5:1</a> And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he 'is' witness, or hath seen, or hath known -- if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity: (See NAS)<a href="/leviticus/16-13.htm">Leviticus 16:13</a> and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the testimony, so that he will not die. (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/1-42.htm">Deuteronomy 1:42</a> Yahweh said to me, "Tell them,'Don't go up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be struck before your enemies.'" (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/6-15.htm">Deuteronomy 6:15</a> For the Lord your God who is with you is a God who will not let his honour be given to another; or the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, causing your destruction from the face of the earth. (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/8-12.htm">Deuteronomy 8:12</a> lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein; (See NAS NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/8-17.htm">Deuteronomy 8:17</a> and lest you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth." (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/9-28.htm">Deuteronomy 9:28</a> lest the land whence you brought us out say,'Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.' (See NAS NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/19-6.htm">Deuteronomy 19:6</a> lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/deuteronomy/20-5.htm">Deuteronomy 20:5</a> And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying: 'What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/20-6.htm">Deuteronomy 20:6</a> And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not used the fruit thereof? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit thereof. (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/20-7.htm">Deuteronomy 20:7</a> And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.' (See NAS)<a href="/deuteronomy/24-15.htm">Deuteronomy 24:15</a> in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he 'is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin. (See NIV)<a href="/joshua/6-18.htm">Joshua 6:18</a> But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it. (See NIV)<a href="/judges/21-22.htm">Judges 21:22</a> It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them,'Grant them graciously to us, because we didn't take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, otherwise you would now be guilty.'" (WEB)<a href="/1_samuel/13-19.htm">1 Samuel 13:19</a> but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle; (See NAS NIV)<a href="/1_samuel/27-11.htm">1 Samuel 27:11</a> Neither man nor woman doth David keep alive, to bring in 'word' to Gath, saying, 'Lest they declare 'it' against us, saying, Thus hath David done, and thus 'is' his custom all the days that he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.' (See NAS)<a href="/1_samuel/31-4.htm">1 Samuel 31:4</a> Then said Saul to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me!" But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it. (See NAS)<a href="/2_samuel/12-28.htm">2 Samuel 12:28</a> Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called after my name." (See NIV)<a href="/2_samuel/14-11.htm">2 Samuel 14:11</a> And she saith, 'Let, I pray thee, the king remember by Jehovah thy God, that the redeemer of blood add not to destroy, and they destroy not my son;' and he saith, 'Jehovah liveth; if there doth fall of the hair of thy son to the earth.' (See NAS)<a href="/2_samuel/15-14.htm">2 Samuel 15:14</a> David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword." (See NAS)<a href="/2_samuel/18-13.htm">2 Samuel 18:13</a> Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me." (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS)<a href="/1_kings/1-21.htm">1 Kings 1:21</a> Otherwise it will happen, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/2_kings/2-10.htm">2 Kings 2:10</a> He said, "You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so." (See NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/10-4.htm">1 Chronicles 10:4</a> Then said Saul to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me." But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it. (See NAS)<a href="/2_chronicles/19-10.htm">2 Chronicles 19:10</a> And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong. (See NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/30-18.htm">2 Chronicles 30:18</a> For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Yahweh pardon everyone (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/32-9.htm">Psalms 32:9</a> Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you. (See NAS)<a href="/psalms/38-16.htm">Psalms 38:16</a> For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. (KJV WBS)<a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalms 51:16</a> For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. (See NAS)<a href="/proverbs/25-8.htm">Proverbs 25:8</a> Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame? (See NAS)<a href="/isaiah/6-10.htm">Isaiah 6:10</a> Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well. 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