It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
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They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
Deuteronomy
LawAll the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
Deuteronomy
LawI will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Matthew
GospelsThen Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
John
Gospels / JohnCursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesArise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsBut the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
Leviticus
LawAnd upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
John
GospelsThe LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
Matthew
GospelsEven so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
James
General EpistlesAnd David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.