'Always' in the Bible

Your servant became accountable to my father for the boy, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will always bear the guilt for sinning against you, my father.’

The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you and will always believe you.” Then Moses reported the people’s words to the Lord.

It will be on Aaron’s forehead so that Aaron may bear the guilt connected with the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate as all their holy gifts. It is always to be on his forehead, so that they may find acceptance with the Lord.

“Concerning the Levitical cities, the Levites always have the right to redeem houses in the cities they possess.

The Lord commanded us to follow all these statutes and to fear the Lord our God for our prosperity always and for our preservation, as it is today.

“Therefore, love the Lord your God and always keep His mandate and His statutes, ordinances, and commands.

It is a land the Lord your God cares for. He is always watching over it from the beginning to the end of the year.

You are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herd and flock, in the presence of Yahweh your God at the place where He chooses to have His name dwell, so that you will always learn to fear the Lord your God.

you should tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off in front of the ark of the Lord’s covenant. When it crossed the Jordan, the Jordan’s waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites.”

This is so that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord’s hand is mighty, and so that you may always fear the Lord your God.”

Therefore you are cursed and will always be slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

Whenever Elkanah offered a sacrifice, he always gave portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to each of her sons and daughters.

David answered him, “I swear that women are being kept from us, as always when I go out to battle. The young men’s bodies are consecrated even on an ordinary mission, so of course their bodies are consecrated today.”

“Don’t be afraid,” David said to him, “since I intend to show you kindness because of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all your grandfather Saul’s fields, and you will always eat meals at my table.”

You, your sons, and your servants are to work the ground for him, and you are to bring in the crops so your master’s grandson will have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had 15 sons and 20 servants.

However, Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem because he always ate at the king’s table. His feet had been injured.

Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place, for Hiram had always been friends with David.

How happy are your men. How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.

I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city I chose for Myself to put My name there.

You are to be careful always to observe the statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandments He wrote for you; do not fear other gods.

Search for the Lord and for His strength;seek His face always.

How happy are your men. How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.

Esther still had not revealed her birthplace or her ethnic background, as Mordecai had directed. She obeyed Mordecai’s orders, as she always had while he raised her.

For the oppressed will not always be forgotten;the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever.

His ways are always secure;Your lofty judgments are beyond his sight;he scoffs at all his adversaries.

I keep the Lord in mind always.Because He is at my right hand,I will not be shaken.

My eyes are always on the Lord,for He will pull my feet out of the net.

Concerning David, when he pretended to be insane in the presence of Abimelech, who drove him out, and he departed.I will praise the Lord at all times;His praise will always be on my lips.

He is always generous, always lending,and his children are a blessing.

Lord, do not withhold Your compassion from me;Your constant love and truth will always guard me.

For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.God is our refuge and strength,a helper who is always foundin times of trouble.

For I am conscious of my rebellion,and my sin is always before me.

Be a rock of refuge for me,where I can always go.Give the command to save me,for You are my rock and fortress.

I have leaned on You from birth;You took me from my mother’s womb.My praise is always about You.

Look at them—the wicked!They are always at ease,and they increase their wealth.

Yet I am always with You;You hold my right hand.

My hand will always be with him,and My arm will strengthen him.

I will always preserve My faithful love for him,and My covenant with him will endure.

He will not always accuse usor be angry forever.

Search for the Lord and for His strength;seek His face always.

Let their sins always remain before the Lord,and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth.

Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,like a belt he always wears.

ה HeTeach me, Lord, the meaning of Your statutes,and I will always keep them.

I will always obey Your instruction,forever and ever.

Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,for they are always with me.

A loving doe, a graceful fawn—let her breasts always satisfy you;be lost in her love forever.

Always bind them to your heart;tie them around your neck.

I was a skilled craftsman beside Him.I was His delight every day,always rejoicing before Him.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners;instead, always fear the Lord.

Happy is the one who is always reverent,but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

For I will not accuse you forever,and I will not always be angry;for then the spirit would grow weak before Me,even the breath of man, which I have made.

The Lord will always lead you,satisfy you in a parched land,and strengthen your bones.You will be like a watered gardenand like a spring whose waters never run dry.

Your gates will always be open;they will never be shut day or nightso that the wealth of the nationsmay be brought into you,with their kings being led in procession.

Why have these people turned away?Why is Jerusalem always turning away?They take hold of deceit;they refuse to return.

I will give them one heart and one way so that for their good and for the good of their descendants after them, they will fear Me always.

The Levitical priests will never fail to have a man always before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices.”

this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to always stand before Me.’”

But you must return to your God.Maintain love and justice,and always put your hope in God.

You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.

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 crying out among the tombs and in the mountains and cutting himself with stones.

You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.

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

He then told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not become discouraged:

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.

The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent Me.”

For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered him. “I have always taught in the synagogue and in the temple complex, where all the Jews congregate, and I haven’t spoken anything in secret.

“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your ancestors did, so do you.

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.

we acknowledge this in every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with utmost gratitude.

I always do my best to have a clear conscience toward God and men.

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

I always thank my God for you because of God’s grace given to you in Christ Jesus,

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

But thanks be to God, who always puts us on display in Christ and through us spreads the aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.

We always carry the death of Jesus in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed 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.

So, we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away 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 every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in 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.

Now it is always good to be enthusiastic about good—and not just when I am with you.

giving thanks always for everythingto God the Fatherin the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

always praying with joy for all of you in my every prayer,

My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

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

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you,

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 slave of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always contending for you in his prayers, so that you can stand mature and fully assured in everything God wills.

We always thank God for all of you, remembering you constantly 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 Timothy has come to us from you and brought us good news about your faith and love and reported that you always have good memories of us, wanting to see us, as we also want 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.

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!