The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
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The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHappy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHappy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
Luke
GospelsTake therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
Numbers
LawAnd it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
2 Kings
HistoryBut if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
2 Kings
HistoryYe shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsPride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
Exodus
LawNow Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
Joshua
History / JoshuaSuffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
Joshua
History / JoshuaNow therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Genesis
LawUnto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Genesis
LawAnd Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThat the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.