“expedient” in the Douay-Rheims Bible
The word expedient appears 12 times in the Douay-Rheims Bible. The first 12 matching verses are shown below.
- Esther 3:8 And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king’s ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.
- Ecclesiasticus 37:31 For all things are not expedient for all, and every kind pleaseth not every soul.
- Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than thy whole body be cast into hell.
- Matthew 5:30 And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body go into hell.
- Matthew 19:10 His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.
- John 11:50 Neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish not.
- John 16:7 But I tell you the truth: it is expedient to you that I go. For if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you: but if I go, I will send him to you.
- John 18:14 Now Caiphas was he who had given the counsel to the Jews: That it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
- 1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful to me: but all things are not expedient. All things are lawful to me: but I will not be brought under the power of any.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me: but all things are not expedient.
- 2 Corinthians 12:1 If I must glory (it is not expedient indeed) but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
- Hebrews 13:17 Obey your prelates and be subject to them. For they watch as being to render an account of your souls: that they may do this with joy and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you.