אַל
al
1. not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
a. do not, let not (with a verb)
b. let there not be (with a verb understood)
c. not, no (with substantive)
d. nothing (as substantive)
Aramaic equivalent: al (אַל "not" H0409)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 572 verses
- Proverbs 26:25 אַל־
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.
- Proverbs 27:1 אַֽל־
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Proverbs 27:2 וְאַל־
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
- Proverbs 27:10 אַֽל־אַל־
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
- Proverbs 28:17 אַל־
A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
- Proverbs 30:6 אַל־
Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
- Proverbs 30:7 אַל־
Two things I ask of You— do not refuse me before I die:
- Proverbs 30:8 אַל־
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Proverbs 30:10 אַל־
Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.
- Proverbs 31:3 אַל־
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
- Proverbs 31:4 אַ֤לאַ֣ל
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 אַל־אַל־
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4 אַל־
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
- Ecclesiastes 5:6 אַל־וְאַל־
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 אַל־
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 אַל־
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Ecclesiastes 7:10 אַל־
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
- Ecclesiastes 7:16 אַל־וְאַל־
Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
- Ecclesiastes 7:17 אַל־וְאַל־
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
- Ecclesiastes 7:18 אַל־
It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings.
- Ecclesiastes 7:21 אַל־
Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3 אַל־אַֽל־
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
- Ecclesiastes 9:8 אַל־
Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
- Ecclesiastes 10:4 אַל־
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20 אַל־אַל־
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6 אַל־
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
- Song of Solomon 1:6 אַל־
Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
- Song of Solomon 7:2 אַל־
Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.
- Isaiah 2:9 וְאַל־
So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled— do not forgive them!
- Isaiah 6:9 וְאַל־וְאַל־
And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’
- Isaiah 7:4 אַל־אַל־
and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
- Isaiah 10:24 אַל־
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
- Isaiah 14:29 אַֽל־
Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
- Isaiah 16:3 אַל־
“Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.
- Isaiah 22:4 אַל־
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
- Isaiah 28:22 אַל־
So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
- Isaiah 35:4 אַל־
Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
- Isaiah 36:11 וְאַל־
Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
- Isaiah 36:14 אַל־
This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.
- Isaiah 36:15 וְאַל־
Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
- Isaiah 36:16 אַֽל־
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
- Isaiah 37:6 אַל־
who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
- Isaiah 37:10 אַל־
“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 40:9 אַל־
Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
- Isaiah 41:10 אַל־אַל־
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
- Isaiah 41:13 אַל־
For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
- Isaiah 41:14 אַל־
Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 43:1 אַל־
Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
- Isaiah 43:5 אַל־
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
- Isaiah 43:6 אַל־
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—