And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
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Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Numbers
LawThen upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
2 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomNone calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luke
GospelsAnd David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
1 Samuel
HistoryBehold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Job
Wisdom / JobJesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
John
GospelsAnd he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBecause the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Luke
GospelsIs it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhy do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Job
WisdomHe that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Matthew
GospelsThey have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
Numbers
Law / MosesWhom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matthew
GospelsMoreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,