Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
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Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawMicah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
Deuteronomy
LawTherefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Psalms
PoetryLet them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNow these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
Joshua
HistoryTherefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBehold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThese are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
LawShall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Psalms
PoetryThere shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Job
WisdomIs there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulShe obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsWhose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
John
Gospels / JohnNow hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThat I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.