Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
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For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Job
WisdomAnd I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
Exodus
LawAnd he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIt stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
Genesis
Law / MosesI will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
Exodus
LawDelight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
Acts
HistoryI will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHe shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Job
WisdomThe sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsSaying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
Acts
History / LukeWho hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Job
WisdomHe hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAll the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
Joshua
HistoryHe that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.
1 Kings
HistoryA man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.