He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
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And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Acts
HistoryAnd David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
Genesis
LawAnd Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
2 Samuel
HistoryThis is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
Joshua
History / JoshuaMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Ruth
HistoryAnd he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
1 Kings
HistoryFor he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
James
General Epistles / JamesI became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Psalms
PoetryIn thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
Psalms
PoetryServants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
1 Peter
General EpistlesDo not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
Leviticus
LawAnd he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
Acts
HistoryAnd as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
2 Kings
HistorySo foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersJesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John
GospelsAnd he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Simon he surnamed Peter;
Mark
GospelsEven as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
Luke
GospelsAnd he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.