And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewShall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsRise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
Matthew
GospelsFor the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job
WisdomAnd Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
1 Samuel
HistoryBehold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
Micah
Minor ProphetsFor verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownGo to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
James
General Epistles / JamesThe two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIt hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
Joshua
History / JoshuaGet thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
Exodus
LawAnd the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Judges
HistoryAnd the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
1 Chronicles
HistoryYour lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.