The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
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And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
1 Kings
HistoryThen thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
Deuteronomy
LawIn the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
Joshua
History / JoshuaWhoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewDost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
Job
WisdomAnd he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
Numbers
LawBut I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Matthew
GospelsAlso the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Ezra
History / EzraGo to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Genesis
LawThen said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
Ruth
History / SamuelThen the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMake haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Exodus
LawAnd he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
Exodus
LawAnd said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: