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While the Bible does not explicitly focus on physical fitness as a modern concept, it does address the importance of maintaining one's body and being prepared for spiritual endeavors. Physical Fitness and the Body The Bible acknowledges the importance of caring for the physical body, which is considered a temple of the Holy Spirit. In <a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a> , the Apostle Paul writes, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body." This passage underscores the responsibility of believers to honor God through the stewardship of their physical bodies, which can include maintaining physical fitness. While the Bible does not prescribe specific exercises or dietary regimens, it does promote principles of moderation and self-control. <a href="/proverbs/25-16.htm">Proverbs 25:16</a> advises, "If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it." This proverb highlights the importance of moderation in consumption, which can be applied to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Suitability and Preparedness The concept of being "fit" also extends to suitability and preparedness for God's work. In <a href="/2_timothy/2-21.htm">2 Timothy 2:21</a> , Paul writes, "So if anyone cleanses himself of what is unfit, he will be a vessel for honor: sanctified, useful to the Master, and prepared for every good work." Here, the emphasis is on spiritual fitness, which involves purifying oneself from sin and being ready to serve God effectively. The idea of being fit for the kingdom of God is also addressed in <a href="/luke/9-62.htm">Luke 9:62</a> , where Jesus says, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." This statement highlights the necessity of commitment and focus in following Christ, suggesting that spiritual fitness requires dedication and an unwavering commitment to the path set by God. Moral and Ethical Fitness Moral and ethical fitness is another dimension of being fit in the biblical sense. The Bible calls believers to live lives that reflect God's holiness and righteousness. In <a href="/ephesians/4.htm">Ephesians 4:1</a> , Paul urges, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received." This exhortation emphasizes the need for ethical conduct and moral integrity as part of being fit for God's purposes. Conclusion The biblical concept of "fit" encompasses physical, spiritual, and moral dimensions. While the Bible does not provide a detailed guide on physical fitness, it encourages believers to honor God with their bodies, maintain spiritual readiness, and live lives of moral integrity. These principles collectively contribute to a holistic understanding of fitness in the biblical context.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (v.) imp. & p. p. of Fight.2. (n.) In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus.3. (superl.) Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualities, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.4. (superl.) Prepared; ready.5. (superl.) Conformed to a standard of duty, propriety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.6. (v. t.) To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.7. (v. t.) To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.8. (v. t.) To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.9. (v. t.) To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on.10. (v. i.) To be proper or becoming.11. (v. i.) To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.12. (n.) The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.13. (n.) The coincidence of parts that come in contact.14. (n.) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.15. (n.) A stroke or blow.16. (n.) A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.17. (n.) A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.18. (n.) A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or inaction; an impulse and irregular action.19. (n.) A darting point; a sudden emission.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>FIT, FITLYfit'-li: The word "fit" (adjective and verb) occurs a few times, representing nearly as many Hebrew and Greek words. the Revised Version (British and American) frequently alters, as in <a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Leviticus 16:21</a> (`itti, "timely," "opportune," "ready"), where for "fit" it reads "in readiness," margin "appointed." In <a href="/1_chronicles/7-11.htm">1 Chronicles 7:11</a> the Revised Version (British and American) has "that were able"; in <a href="/isaiah/44-13.htm">Isaiah 44:13</a>, "shapeth"; in <a href="/proverbs/24-27.htm">Proverbs 24:27</a>, "ready," etc. "Fitly" in <a href="/proverbs/25-11.htm">Proverbs 25:11</a> is in the Revised Version, margin "in due season"; in <a href="/songs/5-12.htm">Songs 5:12</a>, "fitly set" is in the Revised Version, margin "sitting by full streams." In the New Testament "fit" is the translation of euthetos, "well placed" (<a href="/luke/9-62.htm">Luke 9:62</a>; <a href="/luke/14-35.htm">Luke 14:35</a>), of kathekon, "suitable" (<a href="/acts/22-22.htm">Acts 22:22</a>), and of katartizo, "to make quite ready" (<a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Romans 9:22</a>, "vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction"). W. L. Walker<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2425.htm">2425. hikanos -- sufficient, fit</a> ... sufficient, fit. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hikanos Phonetic Spelling: (hik-an-os') Short Definition: sufficient, worthy, many, much Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2425.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/4883.htm">4883. sunarmologeo -- to fit together</a> ... to fit together. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sunarmologeo Phonetic Spelling: (soon-ar-mol-og-eh'-o) Short Definition: I fit together Definition: I fit ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4883.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/718.htm">718. harmozo -- to fit, join, hence to join oneself to (in ...</a> ... to fit, join, hence to join oneself to (in marriage). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: harmozo Phonetic Spelling: (har-mod'-zo) Short Definition: I fit ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/718.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/701.htm">701. arestos -- pleasing, ie fit</a> ... pleasing, ie fit. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: arestos Phonetic Spelling: (ar-es-tos') Short Definition: pleasing, satisfactory, acceptable ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/701.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/433.htm">433. aneko -- to be fit, be proper</a> ... to be fit, be proper. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: aneko Phonetic Spelling: (an-ay'-ko) Short Definition: is due, becoming, suitable, proper Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/433.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2111.htm">2111. euthetos -- well-placed, ie ready for use</a> ... ie ready for use. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: euthetos Phonetic Spelling: (yoo'-thet-os) Short Definition: suitable, fit, useful Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2111.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2675.htm">2675. katartizo -- to complete, prepare</a> ... to complete, prepare. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katartizo Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ar-tid'-zo) Short Definition: I fit together, prepare Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2675.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/4241.htm">4241. prepo -- to be fitting, proper, suitable</a> ... 4241 () refers to acting in a particular situation, ie as it is and therefore "'conspicuous amongst others; hence , . . fit'" (Vine, Unger, White, , 55 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4241.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2520.htm">2520. katheko -- to be proper or fitting</a> ... convenient, fit. From kata and heko; to reach to, ie (neuter of present active participle, figuratively as adjective) becoming -- convenient, fit. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2520.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1381a.htm">1381a. dokimazo -- to test, by impl. to approve</a> ... to approve NASB Word Usage analyze (2), approve (3), approved (1), approves (1), examine (4), examines (1), prove (1), proving (1), see fit (1), test (2 ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1381a.htm - 5k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7528.htm">7528. ratsaph -- to fit together, fit out</a> ... 7527, 7528. ratsaph. 7529 . to fit together, fit out. Transliteration: ratsaph Phonetic Spelling: (raw-tsaf') Short Definition: fitted. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/7528.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/3474.htm">3474. yashar -- to be smooth, straight, or right</a> ... direct, fit, seem good meet, please will, be esteem, go right on, bring look, make,. A primitive root; to be straight or even; figuratively ... /hebrew/3474.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6257.htm">6257. athod -- to be ready</a> ... make fit, be ready to become. A primitive root; to prepare -- make fit, be ready to become. 6256, 6257. athod. 6258 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/6257.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/6261.htm">6261. itti -- timely, ready</a> ... Word Origin probably from anah Definition timely, ready NASB Word Usage readiness (1). fit. From eth; timely -- fit. see HEBREW eth. 6260, 6261. itti. 6262 > ... /hebrew/6261.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6059.htm">6059. anaq -- to serve as a necklace</a> ... A primitive root; properly, to choke; used only as denominative from anaq, to collar, ie Adorn with a necklace; figuratively, to fit out with supplies ... /hebrew/6059.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8586.htm">8586. taalulim -- wantonness, caprice</a> ... babe, delusion. From alal; caprice (as a fit coming on), ie Vexation; concretely a tyrant -- babe, delusion. see HEBREW alal. 8585b, 8586. taalulim. 8587 . ... /hebrew/8586.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm">6213. asah -- do, make</a> ... commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, ... /hebrew/6213.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2896a.htm">2896a. tob -- pleasant, agreeable, good</a> ... 1), cheerful (3), choice (2), delightful (1), fair (1), favor (1), favorable (3), favorably (3), festive (1), fine (3), fine ones (1), fit (1), generous* (1 ... /hebrew/2896a.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6213a.htm">6213a. asah -- do, make</a> ... evildoers* (1), execute (24), executed (10), executes (5), executing (1), exercise (1), exercises (1), exerted (1), fared (1), fashions (1), fit (1), follow (1 ... /hebrew/6213a.htm - 8k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/fit_though_few.htm">'Fit, Though Few'</a> ... THE BOOK OF JUDGES 'FIT, THOUGH FEW'. ... III. Note the final test. God required but few men, but He required that these should be fit. ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/fit though few.htm<a href="/library/lactantius/of_the_manner_in_which_the_persecutors_died/chap_xii_a_fit_and.htm">A Fit and Auspicious Day was Sought Out for the Accomplishment of ...</a> ... Chap. XII. A fit and auspicious day was sought out for the accomplishment of this undertaking? A fit and auspicious day was sought ... /.../lactantius/of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xii a fit and.htm<a href="/library/macdonald/at_the_back_of_the_north_wind/chapter_30_nanny_was_not.htm">Nanny was not Fit to be Moved for Some Time Yet...</a> ... Chapter 30 Nanny was not fit to be moved for some time yet? ... She would make dreadful mischief up here. She's only fit for the mud. It's a great pity. ... /.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 30 nanny was not.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_wars_of_the_jews_or_history_of_the_destruction_of_jerusalem/chapter_12_titus_thought_fit.htm">Titus Thought Fit to Encompass the City Round with a Wall; after ...</a> ... CHAPTER 12. Titus Thought Fit To Encompass The City Round With A Wall; After Which The Famine Consumed The People By Whole Houses And Families Together. ... /.../chapter 12 titus thought fit.htm<a href="/library/unknown/recognitions_of_clement_/chapter_xvi_god_alone_a_fit.htm">God Alone a Fit Object of Worship.</a> ... Book V. Chapter XVI."God Alone a Fit Object of Worship. "Oh! into what wretched plight the understanding of men has fallen! For ... /.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xvi god alone a fit.htm<a href="/library/traherne/centuries_of_meditations/66_he_from_whom_i.htm">He from whom I Derived These Things Delighted Always that I Should ...</a> ... THE FOURTH CENTURY 66 He from whom I derived these things delighted always that I should be acquainted with principles that would make me fit for all ages. ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/traherne/centuries of meditations/66 he from whom i.htm<a href="/library/augustine/writings_in_connection_with_the_donatist_controversy_/chapter_13__15_for.htm">For the Lord Jesus Might, if He had So Thought Fit...</a> ... Book V. Chapter 13. " 15. For the Lord Jesus might, if He had so thought fit? "15. For the Lord Jesus might, if He had so ... /.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 13 15 for.htm<a href="/library/augustine/the_confessions_and_letters_of_st/chapter_xiv_concerning_the_books_which.htm">Concerning the Books which He Wrote "On the Fair and Fit ...</a> ... Book IV. Chapter XIV."Concerning the Books Which He Wrote "On the Fair and Fit," Dedicated to Hierius. 21. But what was it that ... /.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xiv concerning the books which.htm<a href="/library/origen/origen_against_celsus/chapter_liv_in_the_next.htm">In the Next Place, He Proceeds to Answer Himself as He Thinks Fit ...</a> ... Chapter LIV. In the next place, he proceeds to answer himself as he thinks fit in the? In the next place, he proceeds to answer ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter liv in the next.htm<a href="/library/guyon/song_of_songs_of_solomon/9_thy_throat_is_like.htm">Thy Throat is Like the Best Wine, Fit for My Beloved to Drink, and ...</a> ... CHAPTER VII. 9. Thy throat is like the best wine, fit for my beloved to drink, and to be dwelt upon with delight by his lips and teeth. ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/9 thy throat is like.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/fit.htm">Fit (47 Occurrences)</a> ... 6. (vt) To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation. ... /f/fit.htm - 23k<a href="/topical/f/fitly.htm">Fitly (4 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FIT, FITLY. ... /f/fitly.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/f/frame.htm">Frame (33 Occurrences)</a> ... and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of ... /f/frame.htm - 19k<a href="/topical/s/season.htm">Season (101 Occurrences)</a> ... 5. (vt) To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit. 6 ... food. 9. (vt) Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable. 10. ... /s/season.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/j/joint.htm">Joint (12 Occurrences)</a> ... joint bond. 12. (vt) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. 13. (vt ... /j/joint.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/f/furnish.htm">Furnish (8 Occurrences)</a> ... 1. (vt) To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with ... /f/furnish.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/m/meet.htm">Meet (281 Occurrences)</a> ... 11. (a.) Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient. 12. (adv.) Meetly. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MEET. met ... /m/meet.htm - 41k<a href="/topical/a/able.htm">Able (730 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Fit; adapted; suitable. 2. (superl.) Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means ... /a/able.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/s/set.htm">Set (6715 Occurrences)</a> ... risk. 19. (vt) To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing. 20. ... end. 28. (vi) To fit music to words. 29. ... /s/set.htm - 20k<a href="/topical/f/fitting.htm">Fitting (29 Occurrences)</a> ... & vb. n.) of Fit. ... 3. (n.) necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings. 4. (a.) Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. ... /f/fitting.htm - 14k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/cambrian-explosion.html">How does the Cambrian Explosion fit within the framework of young-earth creationism? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/radiometric-dating.html">How does radiometric dating fit with the view of a young earth? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Noahs-ark-animals.html">How did Noah fit all the animals on the Ark? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/fit.htm">Fit: 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>Fit (47 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/3-11.htm">Matthew 3:11</a> I indeed baptise you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire; (DBY NAS NIV)<a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Matthew 5:13</a> Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men. (DBY)<a href="/matthew/8-8.htm">Matthew 8:8</a> "Sir," replied the Captain, "I am not a fit person to receive you under my roof: merely say the word, and my servant will be cured. (WEY DBY)<a href="/mark/1-7.htm">Mark 1:7</a> And he preached, saying, There comes he that is mightier than I after me, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to stoop down and unloose. (DBY NAS)<a href="/mark/9-26.htm">Mark 9:26</a> So with a loud cry he threw the boy into fit after fit, and came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, so that most of them said he was dead; (WEY)<a href="/luke/3-16.htm">Luke 3:16</a> John answered all, saying, I indeed baptise you with water, but the mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to unloose; he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire; (DBY NAS)<a href="/luke/9-62.htm">Luke 9:62</a> But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/14-35.htm">Luke 14:35</a> It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear." (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV NIV)<a href="/acts/6-2.htm">Acts 6:2</a> So the Twelve called together the general body of the disciples and said, "It does not seem fitting that we Apostles should neglect the delivery of God's Message and minister at tables. (Root in WEY ASV)<a href="/acts/22-22.htm">Acts 22:22</a> They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!" (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)<a href="/romans/1-27.htm">Romans 1:27</a> and in like manner the males also, leaving the natural use of the female, were inflamed in their lust towards one another; males with males working shame, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their error which was fit. (DBY YLT)<a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28</a> Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; (Root in WEB ASV NAS RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/12-18.htm">1 Corinthians 12:18</a> But, as a matter of fact, God has arranged the parts in the body--every one of them--as He has seen fit. (WEY)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-9.htm">1 Corinthians 15:9</a> For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit to be called an Apostle--because I persecuted the Church of God. (WEY DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/1_corinthians/15-34.htm">1 Corinthians 15:34</a> Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to shame. (WEY)<a href="/galatians/1-16.htm">Galatians 1:16</a> saw fit to reveal His Son within me in order that I might tell among the Gentiles the Good News concerning Him, at once I did not confer with any human being, (WEY)<a href="/ephesians/5-4.htm">Ephesians 5:4</a> nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks. (Root in ASV YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/colossians/1-12.htm">Colossians 1:12</a> giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; (WEB WEY DBY)<a href="/colossians/3-18.htm">Colossians 3:18</a> Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_timothy/4-7.htm">1 Timothy 4:7</a> But worldly stories, fit only for credulous old women, have nothing to do with. (WEY NAS)<a href="/2_timothy/2-21.htm">2 Timothy 2:21</a> If therefore a man keeps himself clear of these latter, he himself will be for specially honourable use, consecrated, fit for the Master's service, and fully equipped for every good work. (WEY YLT)<a href="/titus/2-1.htm">Titus 2:1</a> But say the things which fit sound doctrine, (WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV)<a href="/philemon/1-8.htm">Philemon 1:8</a> Therefore, though I might with Christ's authority speak very freely and order you to do what is fitting, (Root in WEY ASV DBY YLT)<a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Hebrews 6:7</a> For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh often upon it, and bringeth forth herbs fit for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: (WBS YLT)<a href="/hebrews/12-10.htm">Hebrews 12:10</a> For they indeed, for a few days, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/genesis/2-18.htm">Genesis 2:18</a> Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." (See RSV)<a href="/genesis/2-20.htm">Genesis 2:20</a> The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him. (See RSV)<a href="/genesis/49-20.htm">Genesis 49:20</a> "Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties. (See NIV)<a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Leviticus 16:21</a> And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: (KJV WBS YLT)<a href="/deuteronomy/12-8.htm">Deuteronomy 12:8</a> You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; (See NIV)<a href="/judges/5-25.htm">Judges 5:25</a> He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish. (See NIV)<a href="/2_kings/24-16.htm">2 Kings 24:16</a> All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/7-40.htm">1 Chronicles 7:40</a> All these were the sons of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, choice men, mighty of valour, chiefs of the princes. And their number according to their genealogy, registered as fit for service for war, was twenty-six thousand men. (DBY WBS)<a href="/1_chronicles/12-8.htm">1 Chronicles 12:8</a> And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/2_chronicles/25-5.htm">2 Chronicles 25:5</a> Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, who could handle spear and shield. (See RSV)<a href="/2_chronicles/26-11.htm">2 Chronicles 26:11</a> Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. (See RSV)<a href="/esther/8-8.htm">Esther 8:8</a> Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may not be reversed by any man." (See NAS)<a href="/job/34-18.htm">Job 34:18</a> Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? (KJV JPS WBS)<a href="/proverbs/17-7.htm">Proverbs 17:7</a> Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince. (Root in WEB NAS)<a href="/proverbs/24-27.htm">Proverbs 24:27</a> Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. (KJV JPS WBS)<a href="/proverbs/25-11.htm">Proverbs 25:11</a> A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)<a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Isaiah 54:16</a> 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 NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/15-4.htm">Ezekiel 15:4</a> Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work? (Root in WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT)<a href="/ezekiel/15-5.htm">Ezekiel 15:5</a> Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less then shall it be fit for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? (WBS)<a href="/ezekiel/19-11.htm">Ezekiel 19:11</a> It had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and their stature was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height with the multitude of their branches. (See NAS NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/19-14.htm">Ezekiel 19:14</a> Fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. (See NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/39-11.htm">Ezekiel 39:11</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of them that pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop them that pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog. 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