That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
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O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms
PoetryMasters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesNeither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWatch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 Samuel
HistoryFor he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
2 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Genesis
LawThus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
Psalms
PoetryAnd bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Luke
GospelsThus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielUntil I make thy foes thy footstool.
Acts
History / LukeTo turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahCast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Psalms
PoetryFor he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahCircumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.