For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
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And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThat they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Job
Wisdom / JobBut thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
Genesis
LawAnd Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Hebrews
General EpistlesGo, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
2 Chronicles
HistorySojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
Matthew
GospelsO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Luke
GospelsBut he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Joshua
HistoryAnd as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownSo that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
Judges
History / SamuelFor this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.
Matthew
GospelsFor who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMoreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.