Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
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And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
Exodus
Law / MosesSo shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIn that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Proverbs
WisdomThus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsJob hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
Luke
GospelsHis flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Job
Wisdom / JobThou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesThe foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
Job
WisdomHe saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIn the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Proverbs
WisdomBetter is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
Genesis
LawAnd Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanShall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTo execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
Psalms
PoetryAnd thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers
LawThen Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
Matthew
GospelsThen shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: