Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
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Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Psalms
PoetryHave all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSon of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
1 Kings
HistoryO God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesI will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
Exodus
Law(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Psalms
PoetryAlso we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
Ezra
History / EzraHe that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsGo ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
Matthew
GospelsAnd ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.