And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
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Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Judges
History / SamuelI loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job
WisdomAnd if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
Luke
GospelsAnd he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
Numbers
LawForty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
Luke
GospelsThey shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAwake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
Acts
HistoryTherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsTherefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.