The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
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I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWoe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Matthew
GospelsAnd they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2 Kings
HistoryMy flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
Job
WisdomAnd when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
Genesis
Law / MosesIf the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
John
Gospels / JohnThe children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
Hebrews
General EpistlesBut he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
Luke
GospelsI have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua
HistoryLie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsIs it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
1 Samuel
HistoryTake Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
Numbers
LawFor I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesI was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Psalms
PoetryBecause they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Nehemiah
HistoryFor thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.