That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
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All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahRemember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Job
Wisdom / JobWhich yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Job
Wisdom / JobLet us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownHe also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Proverbs
WisdomFor ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesNot as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulCursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawThen went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they remembered his words,
Luke
GospelsNow the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Judges
History / SamuelTherefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
2 Samuel
HistoryWhich indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Matthew
GospelsThe children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
Judges
HistoryHast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
Exodus
LawThat saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.