The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
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For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
1 Kings
HistoryDid I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Acts
History / LukeAre not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job
WisdomSeeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomLest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Mark
GospelsWherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Matthew
GospelsAnd, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSeek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
Judges
HistoryThen said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
Luke
GospelsWho is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
Exodus
Law / MosesCommand therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahJesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?