Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
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And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
Leviticus
Law / MosesNow there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
Judges
HistoryAnd who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
Job
WisdomAnd he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
2 Kings
HistorySo that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Genesis
LawWoe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
Joshua
HistoryAnd he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Luke
GospelsBut if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
Joshua
HistoryThe getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonJesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd, 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
History / SamuelIt pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.