The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
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Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
Leviticus
LawAnd Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
Genesis
LawAnd the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulPure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
Psalms
PoetryThis is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
Luke
GospelsWhat man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
Ruth
History / SamuelI will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
John
GospelsAnd when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
Numbers
LawThen there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAll that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.
Exodus
LawThe children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.
Nehemiah
HistoryLift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
Psalms
PoetryThen went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Ruth
History / SamuelThey have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.