And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Deuteronomy
LawThen it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahUnderstand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms
PoetryAnd Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
2 Kings
HistoryThe words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAlso, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Proverbs
WisdomWhy leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
Numbers
Law / MosesA several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
Numbers
LawBut I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
Numbers
LawAnd straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
Mark
GospelsAnd the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
Luke
GospelsFor I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
Numbers
LawAnd Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryA prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBeware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.