Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
14 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “forth” →
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
