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1 Samuel 27:11 (100.00%)

David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’ ”

And David H1732 saved H2421 (8762) neither man H376 nor woman H802 alive H2421 (8762), to bring H935 (8687) [tidings] to Gath H1661, saying H559 (8800), Lest they should tell H5046 (8686) on us, saying H559 (8800), So did H6213 (8804) David H1732, and so [will be] his manner H4941 all the while H3117 he dwelleth H3427 (8804) in the country H7704 of the Philistines H6430.

Neither man nor woman doth David keep alive, to bring in word to Gath, saying, ‘Lest they declare it against us, saying, Thus hath David done, and thus is his custom all the days that he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.’

1 Samuel 31:4 (100.00%)

Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse me!” But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it.

Then said H559 (8799) Saul H7586 unto his armourbearer H5375 (8802) H3627, Draw H8025 (8798) thy sword H2719, and thrust me through H1856 (8798) therewith; lest these uncircumcised H6189 come H935 (8799) and thrust me through H1856 (8804), and abuse H5953 (8694) me. But his armourbearer H5375 (8802) H3627 would H14 (8804) not; for he was sore H3966 afraid H3372 (8804). Therefore Saul H7586 took H3947 (8799) a sword H2719, and fell H5307 (8799) upon it.

and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, ‘Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come-these uncircumcised-and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;’ and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.

2 Samuel 1:20 (100.00%)

Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

Tell H5046 (8686) [it] not in Gath H1661, publish H1319 (8762) [it] not in the streets H2351 of Askelon H831; lest the daughters H1323 of the Philistines H6430 rejoice H8055 (8799), lest the daughters H1323 of the uncircumcised H6189 triumph H5937 (8799).

Declare it not in Gath, Proclaim not the tidings in the streets of Ashkelon, Lest they rejoice- The daughters of the Philistines, Lest they exult- The daughters of the Uncircumcised!

2 Samuel 12:28 (100.00%)

Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city and take it; lest I take the city, and it be called by my name.”

Now therefore gather H622 the rest H3499 of the people H5971 together H622 (8798), and encamp H2583 (8798) against the city H5892, and take H3920 (8798) it: lest I take H3920 (8799) the city H5892, and it be called H7121 (8738) after my name H8034.

and now, gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, and capture it, lest I capture the city, and my name hath been called upon it.’

2 Samuel 17:16 (100.00%)

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight 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.’ ”

Now therefore send H7971 (8798) quickly H4120, and tell H5046 (8685) David H1732, saying H559 (8800), Lodge H3885 (8799) not this night H3915 in the plains H6160 (8675) H5679 of the wilderness H4057, but speedily H5674 (8800) pass over H5674 (8799); lest the king H4428 be swallowed up H1104 (8792), and all the people H5971 that [are] with him.

and now, send hastily, and declare to David, saying, Lodge not to-night in the plains of the wilderness, and also, certainly pass over, lest there be a swallowing up of the king and of all the people who are with him.’

2 Samuel 15:14 (100.00%)

David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise! Let’s flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down evil on us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

And David H1732 said H559 (8799) unto all his servants H5650 that [were] with him at Jerusalem H3389, Arise H6965 (8798), and let us flee H1272 (8799); for we shall not [else] escape H6413 from H6440 Absalom H53: make speed H4116 (8761) to depart H3212 (8800), lest he overtake H5381 (8689) us suddenly H4116 (8762), and bring H5080 (8689) evil H7451 upon us, and smite H5221 (8689) the city H5892 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.

And David saith to all his servants who are with him in Jerusalem, ‘Rise, and we flee, for we have no escape from the face of Absalom; haste to go, lest he hasten, and have overtaken us, and forced on us evil, and smitten the city by the mouth of the sword.’

2 Samuel 20:6 (100.00%)

David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord’s servants and pursue after him, lest he get himself fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.”

And David H1732 said H559 (8799) to Abishai H52, Now shall Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 do us more harm H3415 (8799) than [did] Absalom H53: take H3947 (8798) thou thy lord’s H113 servants H5650, and pursue H7291 (8798) after H310 him, lest he get H4672 (8804) him fenced H1219 (8803) cities H5892, and escape H5337 (8689) us H5869.

and David saith unto Abishai, ‘Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself from our eye.’

2 Kings 2:16 (100.00%)

They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps Yahweh’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain or into some valley.” He said, “Don’t send them.”

And they said H559 (8799) unto him, Behold now, there be H3426 with thy servants H5650 fifty H2572 strong H2428 men H1121 H582; let them go H3212 (8799), we pray thee, and seek H1245 (8762) thy master H113: lest peradventure the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 hath taken him up H5375 (8804), and cast H7993 (8686) him upon some H259 mountain H2022, or into some H259 valley H1516. And he said H559 (8799), Ye shall not send H7971 (8799).

and say unto him, ‘Lo, we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour: let them go, we pray thee, and they seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and doth cast him on one of the hills, or into one of the valleys;’ and he saith, ‘Ye do not send.’

2 Kings 10:23 (100.00%)

Jehu went with Jehonadab the son of Rechab into the house of Baal. Then he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search, and see that none of the servants of Yahweh are here with you, but only the worshipers of Baal.”

And Jehu H3058 went H935 (8799), and Jehonadab H3082 the son H1121 of Rechab H7394, into the house H1004 of Baal H1168, and said H559 (8799) unto the worshippers H5647 (8802) of Baal H1168, Search H2664 (8761), and look H7200 (8798) that there be H3426 here with you none of the servants H5650 of the LORD H3068, but the worshippers H5647 (8802) of Baal H1168 only.

And Jehu goeth in, and Jehonadab son of Rechab, to the house of Baal, and saith to the servants of Baal, ‘Search and see, lest there be here with you of the servants of Jehovah-but, the servants of Baal by themselves.’

1 Chronicles 10:4 (100.00%)

Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it.

Then said H559 (8799) Saul H7586 to his armourbearer H5375 (8802) H3627, Draw H8025 (8798) thy sword H2719, and thrust H1856 (8798) me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised H6189 come H935 (8799) and abuse H5953 (8694) me. But his armourbearer H5375 (8802) H3627 would H14 (8804) not; for he was sore H3966 afraid H3372 (8804). So Saul H7586 took H3947 (8799) a sword H2719, and fell H5307 (8799) upon it.

and Saul saith unto the bearer of his weapons, ‘Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised come-and have abused me.’ And the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he feareth exceedingly, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it;

Psalm 7:2 (100.00%)

lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, ripping it in pieces, while there is no one to deliver.

Lest he tear H2963 (8799) my soul H5315 like a lion H738, rending [it] in pieces H6561 (8802), while [there is] none to deliver H5337 (8688).

Lest he tear as a lion my soul, Rending, and there is no deliverer.

Psalm 13:3 (100.00%)

Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

Consider H5027 (8685) [and] hear H6030 (8798) me, O LORD H3068 my God H430: lighten H215 (8685) mine eyes H5869, lest I sleep H3462 (8799) the [sleep of] death H4194;

Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Psalm 50:22 (100.00%)

“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

Now consider H995 (8798) this, ye that forget H7911 (8802) God H433, lest I tear [you] in pieces H2963 (8799), and [there be] none to deliver H5337 (8688).

Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

Psalm 59:11 (100.00%)

Don’t kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

Slay H2026 (8799) them not, lest my people H5971 forget H7911 (8799): scatter H5128 (8685) them by thy power H2428; and bring them down H3381 (8685), O Lord H136 our shield H4043.

Slay them not, lest my people forget, Shake them by Thy strength, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Proverbs 5:9 (100.00%)

lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

Lest thou give H5414 (8799) thine honour H1935 unto others H312, and thy years H8141 unto the cruel H394:

Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

Proverbs 9:8 (100.00%)

Don’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise person, and he will love you.

Reprove H3198 (8686) not a scorner H3887 (8801), lest he hate H8130 (8799) thee: rebuke H3198 (8685) a wise man H2450, and he will love H157 (8799) thee.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

Proverbs 20:13 (100.00%)

Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

Love H157 (8799) not sleep H8142, lest thou come to poverty H3423 (8735); open H6491 (8798) thine eyes H5869, [and] thou shalt be satisfied H7646 (8798) with bread H3899.

Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes-be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 24:18 (100.00%)

lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

Lest the LORD H3068 see H7200 (8799) [it], and it displease H7489 (8804) H5869 him, and he turn away H7725 (8689) his wrath H639 from him.

Lest Jehovah see, and it be evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

Proverbs 22:25 (100.00%)

lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.

Lest thou learn H502 (8799) his ways H734, and get H3947 (8804) a snare H4170 to thy soul H5315.

Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

Proverbs 26:4 (100.00%)

Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

Answer H6030 (8799) not a fool H3684 according to his folly H200, lest thou also be like H7737 (8799) unto him.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him-even thou.

Proverbs 25:17 (100.00%)

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you, and hate you.

Withdraw H3365 (8685) thy foot H7272 from thy neighbour’s H7453 house H1004; lest he be weary H7646 (8799) of thee, and [so] hate H8130 (8804) thee.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house, Lest he be satiated with thee, and have hated thee.

Proverbs 25:8 (100.00%)

Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?

Go not forth H3318 (8799) hastily H4118 to strive H7378 (8800), lest [thou know not] what to do H6213 (8799) in the end H319 thereof, when thy neighbour H7453 hath put thee to shame H3637 (8687).

Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?

Proverbs 25:10 (100.00%)

lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.

Lest he that heareth H8085 (8802) [it] put thee to shame H2616 (8762), and thine infamy H1681 turn not away H7725 (8799).

Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.

Proverbs 30:10 (100.00%)

“Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

Accuse H3960 (8686) not a servant H5650 unto his master H113, lest he curse H7043 (8762) thee, and thou be found guilty H816 (8804).

Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

Proverbs 30:6 (100.00%)

Don’t you add to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.

Add H3254 (8686) thou not unto his words H1697, lest he reprove H3198 (8686) thee, and thou be found a liar H3576 (8738).

Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.

Isaiah 6:10 (100.00%)

Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.”

Make the heart H3820 of this people H5971 fat H8080 (8685), and make their ears H241 heavy H3513 (8685), and shut H8173 (8685) their eyes H5869; lest they see H7200 (8799) with their eyes H5869, and hear H8085 (8799) with their ears H241, and understand H995 (8799) with their heart H3824, and convert H7725 (8802), and be healed H7495 (8804).

Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.’

Isaiah 28:22 (100.00%)

Now therefore don’t be scoffers, lest your bonds be made strong; for I have heard a decree of destruction from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, on the whole earth.

Now therefore be ye not mockers H3887 (8698), lest your bands H4147 be made strong H2388 (8799): for I have heard H8085 (8804) from the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635 a consumption H3617, even determined H2782 (8737) upon the whole earth H776.

And now, show not yourselves scorners, Lest strong be your bands, For a consumption, that is determined, I have heard, by the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is for all the land.

Jeremiah 1:17 (100.00%)

“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.

Thou therefore gird up H247 (8799) thy loins H4975, and arise H6965 (8804), and speak H1696 (8765) unto them all that I command H6680 (8762) thee: be not dismayed H2865 (8735) at their faces H6440, lest I confound H2865 (8686) thee before H6440 them.

‘And thou, thou dost gird up thy loins, and hast arisen, and spoken unto them all that I command thee: be not affrighted because of them, lest I affright thee before them.

Jeremiah 4:4 (100.00%)

Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Circumcise H4135 (8734) yourselves to the LORD H3068, and take away H5493 (8685) the foreskins H6190 of your heart H3824, ye men H376 of Judah H3063 and inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Jerusalem H3389: lest my fury H2534 come forth H3318 (8799) like fire H784, and burn H1197 (8804) that none can quench H3518 (8764) [it], because H6440 of the evil H7455 of your doings H4611.

Be circumcised to Jehovah, And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, O man of Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury go out as fire, and hath burned, And there is none quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.

Jeremiah 6:8 (100.00%)

Be instructed, Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from you, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land.”

Be thou instructed H3256 (8734), O Jerusalem H3389, lest my soul H5315 depart H3363 (8799) from thee; lest I make H7760 (8799) thee desolate H8077, a land H776 not inhabited H3427 (8738).

Be instructed, O Jerusalem, Lest My soul be alienated from thee, Lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.

Jeremiah 10:24 (100.00%)

Yahweh, correct me, but gently; not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.

O LORD H3068, correct H3256 (8761) me, but with judgment H4941; not in thine anger H639, lest thou bring me to nothing H4591 (8686).

Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.

Jeremiah 51:46 (100.00%)

Don’t let your heart faint. Don’t fear for the news that will be heard in the land. For news will come one year, and after that in another year news will come, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

And lest your heart H3824 faint H7401 (8735), and ye fear H3372 (8799) for the rumour H8052 that shall be heard H8085 (8737) in the land H776; a rumour H8052 shall both come H935 (8804) [one] year H8141, and after H310 that in [another] year H8141 [shall come] a rumour H8052, and violence H2555 in the land H776, ruler H4910 (8802) against ruler H4910 (8802).

And lest your heart be tender, And ye be afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And come in a year hath the report, And after it in a year the report, And violence is in the land, ruler against ruler;

Hosea 2:3 (100.00%)

lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.

Lest I strip H6584 (8686) her naked H6174, and set H3322 (8689) her as in the day H3117 that she was born H3205 (8736), and make H7760 (8804) her as a wilderness H4057, and set H7896 (8804) her like a dry H6723 land H776, and slay H4191 (8689) her with thirst H6772.

Lest I strip her naked. And have set her up as in the day of her birth, And have made her as a wilderness, And have set her as a dry land, And have put her to death with thirst.

Amos 5:6 (100.00%)

Seek Yahweh, and you will live, lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.

Seek H1875 (8798) the LORD H3068, and ye shall live H2421 (8798); lest he break out H6743 (8799) like fire H784 in the house H1004 of Joseph H3130, and devour H398 (8804) [it], and [there be] none to quench H3518 (8764) [it] in Bethel H1008.

Seek ye Jehovah, and live, Lest He prosper as fire against the house of Joseph, And it hath consumed, And there is no quencher for Beth-El.

Malachi 4:6 (100.00%)

He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

And he shall turn H7725 (8689) the heart H3820 of the fathers H1 to the children H1121, and the heart H3820 of the children H1121 to their fathers H1, lest I come H935 (8799) and smite H5221 (8689) the earth H776 with a curse H2764.

And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.