But they

Akin to "but ye" is the phrase, "but they." It is rarely used in a positive note.

 

~Al

 

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. Gen 42:8 

 

But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. 2Ki 21:9 

 

Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. 2Ch 24:19 

 

And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

2Ch 33:10 

 

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. 2Ch 36:16 

 

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. Psa 34:10 

 

For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. Psa 35:20 

 

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. Psa 62:4 

 

Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. Psa 106:43 

 

They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. Psa 115:5-7 

 

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: Pro 1:28 

 

Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. Pro 12:22 

 

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. Pro 28:5 

 

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. Isa 28:7 

 

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isa 40:31 

 

But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. Isa 63:10 

 

I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. Isa 66:4 

 

O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. Jer 5:3 

 

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. Jer 6:16 

 

Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. Jer 6:17 

 

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. Jer 7:24 

 

Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee. Jer 7:27 

 

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. Jer 8:6 

 

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. Jer 9:3 

 

Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. Jer 11:8 

 

And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: Jer 32:23 

 

I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. Zep 3:7 

 

Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. Zec 1:4 

 

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. Zec 7:11 

 

But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. Mat 9:12 

 

Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. Mat 9:17 

 

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Mat 22:8 

 

For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. Mat 23:4 

 

And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. Mat 27:23 

 

For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. Act 7:25 

 

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. Rom 8:5 

 

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? Rom 10:16 

 

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 2Co 10:12 

 

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. Rev 21:27