The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
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And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
Judges
HistoryLight is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
Judges
HistorySay not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
1 Kings
HistoryShe put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
Job
Wisdom / JobMoreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
Nehemiah
HistoryIron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Job
Wisdom / JobMany will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
John
GospelsHe delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBehold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
1 Kings
HistoryIt is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnFor the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.