These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
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For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Job
WisdomThy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
Acts
HistoryTherefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
2 Kings
HistoryThey shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownIs not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
Mark
GospelsJesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Numbers
LawAnd Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Hebrews
General EpistlesBut the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahZedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMoreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
Acts
History / LukeAnd when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
Mark
GospelsAt the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.