Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
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But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2 Samuel
HistoryProvide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis
LawAnd as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
Joshua
HistoryAnd there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Joshua
HistoryGo and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahDo not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
John
GospelsThe LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWere they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
Genesis
LawAnd twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
Deuteronomy
LawBehold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBehold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIf we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Job
Wisdom / JobKnown unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world.
Acts
HistoryHe that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.