Give 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?
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And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
1 Kings
HistoryI sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
John
GospelsBecause ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnHis name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
Mark
GospelsHe shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
LawIbhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
2 Samuel
HistoryUnto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
Leviticus
LawFor the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Job
Wisdom / JobO ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
Judges
HistoryFor, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
1 Kings
HistoryGlory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThen the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
Numbers
Law / MosesAt his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Deuteronomy
LawUnderstand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.