Lexicon :: Strong's G4459 - pōs

“No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do this immense evil, and how could I sin against God? ”

He asked if they were well, and he said, “How is your elderly father that you told me about? Is he still alive? ”

“We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found at the top of our bags. How could we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

“For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.”

But Moses said in the LORD’s presence, “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am such a poor speaker? ”[fn]

But Moses replied in the LORD’s presence, “Since I am such a poor speaker, how will Pharaoh listen to me? ”

“How will it be known that I and your people have found favor with you unless you go with us? I and your people will be distinguished by this from all the other people on the face of the earth.”

“But how can I bear your troubles, burdens, and disputes by myself?

“For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this immense wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these past forty years, and you have lacked nothing.’

“If you say to yourself, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I drive them out? ’

“be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, ‘How did these nations worship their gods? I’ll also do the same.’

“You may say to yourself, ‘How can we recognize a message the LORD has not spoken? ’

“They met you along the way and attacked all your stragglers from behind when you were tired and weary. They did not fear God.

“In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening! ’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning! ’ ​— ​because of the dread you will have in your heart and because of what you will see.

“For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the LORD now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!

How could one pursue a thousand,

or two put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock had sold them,

unless the LORD had given them up?

The men of Israel replied to the Hivites, “Perhaps you live among us. How can we make a treaty with you? ”

“How can you say, ‘I love you,’ ” she told him, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and not told me what makes your strength so great! ”

Boaz answered her, “Everything you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband’s death has been fully reported to me: how you left your father and mother and your native land, and how you came to a people you didn’t previously know.

Naomi said, “My daughter, wait until you find out how things go, for he won’t rest unless he resolves this today.”

Samuel asked, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me! ”

The LORD answered, “Take a young cow with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’

But David’s men said to him, “Look, we’re afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the Philistine forces! ”

David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know Saul and his son Jonathan are dead? ”

David questioned him, “How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed? ”

The splendor of Israel lies slain on your heights.

How the mighty have fallen!

How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle!

Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

How the mighty have fallen

and the weapons of war have perished!

Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I ever look your brother Joab in the face? ”

David feared the LORD that day and said, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me? ”

Uriah answered David, “The ark, Israel, and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers[fn] are camping in the open field. How can I enter my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live and by your life, I will not do this! ”

On the seventh day the baby died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him the baby was dead. They said, “Look, while the baby was alive, we spoke to him, and he wouldn’t listen to us. So how can we tell him the baby is dead? He may do something desperate.”

“Now therefore, I’ve come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought: I must speak to the king. Perhaps the king will grant his servant’s request.

“Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction[fn] and restore goodness to me instead of Shimei’s curses today.”

The God of Israel spoke;

the Rock of Israel said to me,

“The one who rules the people with justice,

who rules in the fear of God,

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to this people? ”

Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.”

His servants said to him, “Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. So let’s put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and let’s go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

When the servant of the man of God got up early and went out, he discovered an army with horses and chariots surrounding the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do? ”

However, they were terrified and reasoned, “Look, two kings couldn’t stand against him; how can we? ”

So one of the priests they had deported came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should fear the LORD.

“How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

“Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the royal spokesman, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.’ ”

David feared God that day and said, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me? ”

Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had attended his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to this people? ”

So I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been burned. Come, let’s rebuild Jerusalem’s wall, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

“For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives? ”

The king said to Queen Esther, “In the fortress of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Whatever you ask will be given to you. Whatever you seek will also be done.”

For Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them. He cast the pur ​— ​that is, the lot ​— ​to crush and destroy them.

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,

but how can a person be justified before God?

But if only God would speak

and open his lips against you!