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2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

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2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

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2 Chronicles 16:7
At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa, king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have put your faith in the king of Aram and not in the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has got away out of your hands.

2 Chronicles 16:8
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a very great army, with war-carriages and horsemen more than might be numbered? but because your faith was in the Lord, he gave them up into your hands.

2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.

2 Chronicles 16:10
Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.

2 Chronicles 16:11
Now the acts of Asa, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

2 Chronicles 16:12
In the thirty-ninth year of his rule, Asa had a very bad disease of the feet; but he did not go to the Lord for help in his disease, but to medical men.

1 Kings 15:18
Then Asa took all the silver and gold which was still stored in the Lord's house, and in the king's house, and sent them, in the care of his servants, to Ben-hadad, son of Tabrimmon, son of Rezon, king of Aram, at Damascus, saying,

1 Kings 15:32
And there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.

2 Chronicles 16:1
In the thirty-sixth year of the rule of Asa, Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 16:4
And Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim, and all the store-towns of Naphtali.

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Zechariah 4:10
For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.

Ezekiel 1:18
And I saw that they had edges, and their edges, even of the four, were full of eyes round about.

Zechariah 3:9
For see, the stone which I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: see, the design cut on it will be my work, says the Lord of armies, and I will take away the sin of that land in one day.

Revelation 5:6
And I saw in the middle of the high seat and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the rulers, a Lamb in his place, which seemed as if it had been put to death, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

Jeremiah 5:1
Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.

Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.

Amos 8:12
And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.

Zechariah 1:10
And the man who was between the mountains, answering me, said, These are those whom the Lord has sent to go up and down through the earth.

Ezekiel 10:12
And the edges of the four wheels were full of eyes round about.

Revelation 4:6
And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about.

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Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Proverbs 5:21
For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.

Job 34:21
For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

Job 34:22
There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

Job 31:4
Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

Genesis 16:13
And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

Psalms 139:3
You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

Job 33:27
He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

Psalms 44:21
Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

Psalms 90:8
You have put our evil doings before you, our secret sins in the light of your face.

Psalms 139:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

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Psalms 34:15
The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

Psalms 33:18
See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

Psalms 33:19
To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

2 Chronicles 6:20
That your eyes may be open to this house day and night, to this place of which you have said that you would put your name there; to give ear to the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

Ezra 5:5
But the eye of their God was on the chiefs of the Jews, and they did not make them give up working till the question had been put before Darius and an answer had come by letter about it.

Psalms 32:8
I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

Deuteronomy 11:12
A land cared for by the Lord your God: the eyes of the Lord your God are on it at all times from one end of the year to the other.

2 Chronicles 6:40
Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

2 Chronicles 7:15
Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

Nehemiah 1:6
Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.

Jeremiah 24:6
For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.

Daniel 9:18
O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.

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Jeremiah 32:19
Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

Hebrews 4:13
And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Psalms 11:4
The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

Amos 9:8
See, the eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and I will put an end to it in all the earth; but I will not send complete destruction on Jacob, says the Lord.

Psalms 14:2
The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

Psalms 139:2
You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.

Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

Genesis 6:5
And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

Exodus 3:9
For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them.

2 Samuel 22:28
For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.

Psalms 139:16
Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.

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Jeremiah 16:17
For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.

Psalms 33:13
The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

Psalms 33:14
From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;

Jeremiah 23:24
In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.

Amos 9:4
And though they are taken away as prisoners by their attackers, even there will I give orders to the sword to put them to death: my eyes will be fixed on them for evil and not for good.

1 Kings 8:39
Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:

Psalms 5:9
For no faith may be put in their words; their inner part is nothing but evil; their throat is like an open place for the dead; smooth are the words of their tongues.

Psalms 7:9
O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

Psalms 11:5
The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.

Proverbs 15:11
Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!

Jeremiah 11:20
But, O Lord of armies, judging in righteousness, testing the thoughts and the heart, let me see your punishment come on them: for I have put my cause before you.

Acts 1:24
And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,

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1 Kings 16:1
And the word of the Lord came to Jehu, son of Hanani, protesting against Baasha and saying,

1 Kings 14:7
Go, say to Jeroboam, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: Though I took you from among the people, lifting you up to be a ruler over my people Israel,

2 Kings 3:13
But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.

2 Chronicles 12:5
Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the chiefs of Judah, who had come together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, The Lord has said, Because you have given me up, I have given you up into the hands of Shishak.

Job 34:18
He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;

Proverbs 19:3
By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

Matthew 14:3
For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

Matthew 14:4
Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

2 Chronicles 25:16
But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.

Jeremiah 5:21
Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

1 Corinthians 15:36
Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:

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1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

2 Kings 19:16
Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given: and the king, moved by the Lord his God, gave him whatever he made request for.

Ezra 7:28
And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

1 Kings 8:29
That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

1 Kings 8:52
Let your eyes be open to your servant's prayer for grace and to the prayer of your people Israel, hearing them when their cry comes to you.

Ezra 8:22
For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power and his wrath are against all those who are turned away from him.

Psalms 121:5
The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.

Proverbs 16:7
When a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he makes even his haters be at peace with him.

Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.

Matthew 6:32
Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

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1 Samuel 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

2 Samuel 12:7
And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;

2 Samuel 12:8
I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.

2 Samuel 12:9
Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.

1 Kings 18:18
Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.

1 Kings 21:20
And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 19:2
And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.

1 Samuel 15:23
For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.

2 Samuel 24:10
And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly

1 Chronicles 21:8
Then David said to God, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

Genesis 31:28
You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

2 Chronicles 25:15
And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against Amaziah, and he sent a prophet to him, who said, Why have you gone after the gods of the people who have not given their people salvation from your hands?

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2 Chronicles 15:17
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel; but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.

1 Kings 15:14
The high places, however, were not taken away: but still the heart of Asa was true to the Lord all his life.

1 Kings 8:61
Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.

1 Kings 11:4
For it came about that when Solomon was old, his heart was turned away to other gods by his wives; and his heart was no longer true to the Lord his God as the heart of his father David had been.

1 Kings 15:3
And he did the same sins which his father had done before him: his heart was not completely true to the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

2 Kings 20:3
O Lord, keep in mind how I have been true to you with all my heart, and have done what is good in your eyes. And Hezekiah gave way to bitter weeping.

1 Chronicles 29:19
And give to Solomon my son a true heart, to keep your orders, your rules, and your laws, and to do all these things, and to put up this great house for which I have made ready.

2 Chronicles 19:9
And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.

2 Chronicles 25:2
He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but his heart was not completely true to the Lord.

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Daniel 5:23
But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;

2 Chronicles 26:18
And they made protests to Uzziah the king, and said to him, The burning of perfumes, Uzziah, is not your business but that of the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been made holy for this work: go out of the holy place, for you have done wrong, and it will not be to your honour before God.

Mark 6:18
For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.

Acts 23:3
Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?

2 Chronicles 20:37
Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go to Tarshish.

Proverbs 9:6
Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

Isaiah 45:4
Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.

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Psalms 91:4
You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.

Psalms 34:7
The angel of the Lord is ever watching over those who have fear of him, to keep them safe.

Psalms 41:2
The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.

Psalms 125:2
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people, from this time and for ever.

Zechariah 2:5
For I, says the Lord, will be a wall of fire round about her, and I will be the glory inside her.

Luke 21:18
But not a hair of your head will come to destruction.

Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?

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2 Chronicles 14:11
And Asa made prayer to the Lord his God and said, Lord, you only are able to give help against the strong to him who has no strength; come to our help, O Lord our God, for our hope is in you, and in your name we have come out against this great army. O Lord, you are our God; let not man's power be greater than yours.

2 Chronicles 20:20
And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.

1 Chronicles 5:20
And they were helped against them, so that the Hagarites, and those with them, were given into their power. For they sent up prayers to God in the fight, and he gave ear to them, because they put their faith in him.

2 Kings 18:5
He had faith in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.

2 Chronicles 20:17
There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.

2 Chronicles 32:7
Be strong and take heart; have no fear, and do not be troubled on account of the king of Assyria and all the great army with him: for there is a greater with us.

2 Chronicles 32:8
With him is an arm of flesh; but we have the Lord our God, helping us and fighting for us. And the people put their faith in what Hezekiah, king of Judah, said.

1 Samuel 17:45
Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

2 Kings 6:16
And he said in answer, Have no fear; those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

2 Chronicles 13:18
So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

Psalms 22:4
Our fathers had faith in you: they had faith and you were their saviour.

Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.

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Job 1:7
And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

Job 2:2
And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

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Job 28:24
For his eyes go to the ends of the earth, and he sees everything under heaven.

Psalms 66:7
He is ruling in power for ever; his eyes are watching the nations: may his haters have no strength against him. (Selah.)

Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

2 Chronicles 27:6
So Jotham became strong, because in all his ways he made the Lord his guide.

Psalms 11:6
On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

Psalms 11:7
For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

Psalms 102:19
For from his holy place the Lord has seen, looking down on the earth from heaven;

Isaiah 3:8
For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.

Revelation 2:23
And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.

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Isaiah 41:10
Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

Deuteronomy 33:25
Your shoes will be iron and brass; and as your days, so may your work be.

Psalms 68:35
O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.

Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.

Isaiah 49:15
Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.

Acts 5:39
But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.

1 Corinthians 10:13
You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

Philippians 4:13
I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

Colossians 1:11
Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;

2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.

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Psalms 22:5
They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.

Daniel 3:28
Nebuchadnezzar made answer and said, Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent his angel and kept his servants safe who had faith in him, and who put the king's word on one side and gave up their bodies to the fire, so that they might not be servants or worshippers of any other god but their God.

Daniel 6:23
Then the king was very glad, and gave orders for them to take Daniel up out of the hole. So Daniel was taken up out of the hole and he was seen to be untouched, because he had faith in his God.

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1 Chronicles 11:10
Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.

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1 Chronicles 15:12
And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

1 Chronicles 29:3
And because this house of God is dear to me, I give my private store of gold and silver to the house of my God, in addition to all I have got ready for the holy house;

2 Chronicles 30:18
For a great number of the people from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not made themselves clean, but they took the Passover meal, though not in the right way. For Hezekiah had made prayer for them, saying, May the good Lord have mercy on everyone

Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.

Isaiah 22:12
And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:


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