Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Matthew
GospelsBe ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
2 Kings
HistorySpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
Numbers
Law / MosesThese are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis
Law / MosesCry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThen Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelKeep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms
PoetryThey shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhich are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
Job
WisdomAnd Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahSo will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1 Peter
General EpistlesVaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Ezra
HistoryFor not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
Judges
HistoryNow these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
Exodus
Law / MosesBehold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.