Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
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I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job
Wisdom / JobHe maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
2 Kings
HistoryThen answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs
WisdomAlso twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
Ezra
HistoryEven so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulHell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThere they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Deuteronomy
LawWhy boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Job
Wisdom / JobBlessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWho is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFrom the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNotwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.