The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Mark
GospelsIf thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Job
Wisdom / JobAll this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
Deuteronomy
LawI said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFor I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWho would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahDo we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Revelation
ApocalypticBut of all clean fowls ye may eat.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Exodus
Law / MosesKeep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark
Gospels / MarkThat thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Job
WisdomAnd I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Genesis
LawThen ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
Numbers
LawTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.