Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
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Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Judges
HistoryFor he that is dead is freed from sin.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Numbers
LawAnd when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.
Acts
History / LukeAnd they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonFor I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Acts
HistoryAnd of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYe are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Matthew
GospelsAnd immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
Luke
GospelsPrepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
Judges
HistoryNow the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahIf I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job
WisdomThen said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.