And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
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And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Luke
GospelsBut Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Judges
HistorySixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Abraham said, I will swear.
Genesis
LawAnd the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThe new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBlessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms
PoetryThe things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Job
Wisdom / JobAlso Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
Luke
GospelsAnd, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: