כִּי kîy

Meaning

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

In the King James Version: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Derivation: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;

Where it is used

• Psalms 141:6 When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
• Psalms 141:8 But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
• Psalms 142:6 Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
• Psalms 142:7 Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
• Psalms 143:2 Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
• Psalms 143:3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
• Psalms 143:8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
• Psalms 143:10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God. May Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
• Psalms 143:12 And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
• Psalms 147:1 Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!
• Psalms 147:13 For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses the children within you.
• Psalms 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
• Psalms 148:13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
• Psalms 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
• Proverbs 1:9 For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
• Proverbs 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
• Proverbs 1:17 How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
• Proverbs 1:29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
• Proverbs 1:32 For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
• Proverbs 2:3 if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
• Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
• Proverbs 2:10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
• Proverbs 2:18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
• Proverbs 2:21 For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
• Proverbs 3:2 for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
• Proverbs 3:12 for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
• Proverbs 3:14 for she is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than fine gold.
• Proverbs 3:25 Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
• Proverbs 3:26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare.
• Proverbs 3:32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
• Proverbs 4:2 For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.
• Proverbs 4:3 When I was a son to my father, tender and the only child of my mother,
• Proverbs 4:8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.
• Proverbs 4:13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• Proverbs 4:16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
• Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
• Proverbs 4:22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
• Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
• Proverbs 5:3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
• Proverbs 5:21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
• Proverbs 6:3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
• Proverbs 6:23 For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
• Proverbs 6:26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
• Proverbs 6:30 Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
• Proverbs 6:34 For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
• Proverbs 6:35 He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
• Proverbs 7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
• Proverbs 7:19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
• Proverbs 7:23 until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.
• Proverbs 7:26 For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
• Proverbs 8:6 Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
• Proverbs 8:7 For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.
• Proverbs 8:11 For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
• Proverbs 8:35 For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
• Proverbs 9:11 For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
• Proverbs 9:18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
• Proverbs 11:15 He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
• Proverbs 11:31 If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
• Proverbs 15:11 Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD—how much more the hearts of men!
• Proverbs 16:12 Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.