A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBe of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
Numbers
Law / MosesThe words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psalms
PoetryAnd should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Jonah
Minor ProphetsFor word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsFor the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahSo, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesSurely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAshkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Matthew
GospelsHe putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsTill he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Job
Wisdom / JobIf thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
Exodus
LawWhen thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
Deuteronomy
LawFor though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFrom Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?
Judges
HistoryThus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.