But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
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And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Matthew
GospelsHe looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
Job
Wisdom / JobGive 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?
1 Kings
HistoryBut now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
James
General Epistles / JamesFor great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Esther
HistoryFrom the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
Joshua
HistoryThen Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Deuteronomy
LawBecause David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIt is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
Exodus
LawThe blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
Genesis
LawAre we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
Genesis
LawThen Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
Deuteronomy
LawLest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Mark
GospelsIt is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.