Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
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And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
1 Kings
HistoryLet the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Job
WisdomHe openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Job
Wisdom / JobMy son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Acts
History / LukeThen they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNeither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deuteronomy
LawPreserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Psalms
PoetryWho is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus
LawAnd they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
Mark
GospelsAnd now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Ruth
History / SamuelThey are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.