The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
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If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Job
WisdomNot for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
Luke
Gospels / LukeIntreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
Numbers
LawAll that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
Revelation
ApocalypticThat he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
Psalms
PoetryAnd his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-horon.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Numbers
Law / MosesOut of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
1 Chronicles
HistoryHitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
Daniel
Major ProphetsWho cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIs not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.