כֵּן kên

Meaning

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

In the King James Version: [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.

Derivation: from H3559 (כּוּן);

Where it is used

• Job 23:15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
• Job 32:6 So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
• Job 32:10 Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’
• Job 34:10 Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
• Job 34:25 Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
• Job 34:27 because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
• Job 37:24 Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
• Job 42:3 You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
• Job 42:6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
• Psalms 1:4 Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
• Psalms 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
• Psalms 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
• Psalms 18:49 Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
• Psalms 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
• Psalms 42:1 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
• Psalms 42:6 O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon—even from Mount Mizar.
• Psalms 45:2 You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.
• Psalms 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
• Psalms 45:17 I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
• Psalms 46:2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
• Psalms 48:5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
• Psalms 48:8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
• Psalms 48:10 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
• Psalms 61:8 Then I will ever sing praise to Your name and fulfill my vows day by day.
• Psalms 63:2 So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
• Psalms 63:4 So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
• Psalms 65:9 You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
• Psalms 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
• Psalms 73:10 So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
• Psalms 78:21 Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
• Psalms 83:15 so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
• Psalms 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
• Psalms 103:15 As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;
• Psalms 110:7 He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.
• Psalms 119:104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
• Psalms 119:119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
• Psalms 119:127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
• Psalms 119:128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
• Psalms 119:129 Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
• Psalms 123:2 As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
• Psalms 127:2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.
• Psalms 127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
• Psalms 128:4 In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
• Psalms 147:20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
• Proverbs 1:19 Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
• Proverbs 6:15 Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
• Proverbs 6:29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
• Proverbs 7:15 So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
• Proverbs 10:26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
• Proverbs 11:19 Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
• Proverbs 15:7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
• Proverbs 23:7 for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
• Proverbs 24:14 Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
• Proverbs 24:29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
• Proverbs 26:1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
• Proverbs 26:2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
• Proverbs 26:8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
• Proverbs 26:19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
• Proverbs 27:8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
• Proverbs 27:19 As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.