Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
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For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
Exodus
Law / MosesWhen the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs
WisdomAs sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
James
General Epistles / JamesThe sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHer cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahJerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAlthough the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnHe shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
Leviticus
LawHe hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSpeak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
Judges
HistoryAnd the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFurthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Genesis
LawFor the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.