86 Verses About Mean from 34 Books

1_Corinthians 1:12

Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."

1_Corinthians 5:10

yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.

1_Corinthians 8:9

But be careful that by no means does this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to the weak.

1_Corinthians 9:22

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

1_Corinthians 9:27

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

1_Corinthians 14:10

There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.

1_Corinthians 14:11

If then I don't know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.



1_Kings 10:29

A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

1_Kings 20:39

As the king passed by, he cried to the king; and he said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, 'Guard this man! If by any means he be missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.'

1_Samuel 4:6

When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, "What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" They understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp.

1_Samuel 4:14

When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, "What does the noise of this tumult mean?" The man hurried, and came and told Eli.

1_Samuel 6:3

They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you."

1_Samuel 15:14

Samuel said, "Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?"

1_Thessalonians 3:5

For this cause I also, when I couldn't stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.



1_Timothy 6:5

constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

2_Chronicles 1:17

They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

2_Corinthians 1:11

you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.

2_Corinthians 2:7

so that on the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

2_Corinthians 9:4

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.

2_Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots;

2_Peter 3:6

by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.



2_Samuel 14:14

For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.

2_Samuel 16:2

The king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.

2_Samuel 17:16

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, 'Don't lodge this night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.'"

Acts 2:12

They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

Acts 4:9

if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

Acts 9:36

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

Acts 10:17

Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,



Acts 17:20

For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

Acts 18:21

but taking his leave of them, and saying, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.

Acts 24:26

Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.

Acts 27:12

Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking northeast and southeast.

Additions_to_Esther 1:11

Now when Mordecai, who had seen this dream, and what God had determined to do, was awake, he kept this dream in mind, and until night by all means desired to understand it.

Additions_to_Esther 13:14

For by these means he thought, finding us destitute of friends, to have transferred the kingdom of the Persians to the Macedonians.

Additions_to_Esther 13:23

that both now and hereafter there may be safety to us and the well-meaning Persians; but to those who conspire against us, a memorial of destruction.



Deuteronomy 6:20

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, "What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God has commanded you mean?"

Deuteronomy 29:24

even all the nations shall say, "Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"

Epistle_of_Jeremiah 6:69

It is then by no means manifest to us that they are gods, therefore do not fear them.

Exodus 12:26

It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'

Exodus 34:7

keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children's children, on the third and on the fourth generation."

Ezekiel 17:12

Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:

Ezekiel 18:2

What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

Ezekiel 20:29

Then I said to them, What does the high place where you go mean? So its name is called Bamah to this day.

Ezekiel 37:18

When the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?

Ezra 4:16

We inform the king that, if this city be built, and the walls finished, by this means you shall have no portion beyond the River.

Genesis 21:29

Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"

Genesis 33:8

Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."

Genesis 50:20

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, the LORD of Armies.

Isaiah 10:7

However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.

Isaiah 40:23

who brings princes to nothing; who makes the judges of the earth like meaningless.

Isaiah 64:7

There is none who calls on your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us by means of our iniquities.

John 4:31

In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."

John 9:7

and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.

John 10:5

They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know the voice of strangers."

Jonah 1:6

So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish."

Joshua 4:6

that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'

Joshua 4:21

He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?'

Judges 16:5

The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, "Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred [pieces] of silver."

Judith 1:6

And all those who lived in the hill country came to him there; and all who lived by the Euphrates and the Tigris and the Hydaspes, and on the plain of Arioch the king of the Elymeans, and very many nations of the sons of Chelod assembled themselves for the battle.

Judith 5:10

But when a famine covered all the land of Canaan, they went down into Egypt and lodged there; meanwhile they were nourished and became a great multitude there, so that one could not number their nation.

Leviticus 25:26

If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it;

Leviticus 25:54

If he isn't redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him.

Luke 8:9

Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

Luke 12:1

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 12:59

I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."

Luke 16:9

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

Luke 18:36

Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.

Luke 21:33

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.

Luke 22:16

for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."

Luke 22:34

He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times."

Mark 3:17

James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder;

Mark 5:41

Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha cumi!" which means, being interpreted, "Girl, I tell you, get up!"

Mark 9:10

They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.

Matthew 5:26

Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.

Matthew 9:13

But you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Matthew 12:7

But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Nahum 1:3

the LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. the LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Numbers 14:18

'the LORD is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.'

Philippians 3:11

if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Proverbs 22:27

If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

Psalms 49:7

none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

Romans 1:10

requesting, if by any means now at last I may be prospered by the will of God to come to you.

Romans 4:8

Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin."

Romans 11:14

if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Susanna 1:47

Then all the people turned toward him and said, "What do these words you have spoken mean?"





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