Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.
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Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than instruments of war, but one sinner is the destruction of much good.
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Genesis 5:27
And all the years of Methuselah's life were nine hundred and sixty-nine: and he came to his end.
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Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.
Joshua 6:18
And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.
Joshua 22:19
But if the land you now have is unclean, come over into the Lord's land where his House is, and take up your heritage among us: but do not be false to the Lord and to us by building yourselves an altar in addition to the altar of the Lord our God.
1 Samuel 14:28
Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.
1 Samuel 14:29
Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey.
1 Samuel 14:31
That day they overcame the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were feeble from need of food.
1 Samuel 14:32
And rushing at the goods taken in the fight, the people took oxen and sheep and young oxen, and put them to death there on the earth, and had a meal, taking the flesh with the blood in it.
1 Samuel 14:33
Then it was said to Saul, See, the people are sinning against the Lord, taking the blood with the flesh. And he said to those who gave him the news, Now let a great stone be rolled to me here.
1 Samuel 14:34
And Saul said, Go about among the people and say to them, Let every man come here to me with his ox and his sheep, and put them to death here, and take his meal: do no sin against the Lord by taking the blood with the flesh. So all the people took their oxen with them that night and put them to death there.
1 Samuel 14:35
And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.
1 Samuel 14:36
And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.
1 Samuel 14:37
And Saul, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go down after the Philistines? will you give them up into the hands of Israel? But he gave him no answer that day.
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Exodus 2:14
And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.
Joshua 7:20
And Achan, answering, said to Joshua, Truly I have done wrong against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:
Joshua 7:21
When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.
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Deuteronomy 13:5
And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is to be put to death; for his words were said with the purpose of turning you away from the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; and of forcing you out of the way in which the Lord your God has given you orders to go. So you are to put away the evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 17:7
The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 21:21
Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.
Deuteronomy 22:21
Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 22:22
If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.
Deuteronomy 22:24
Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.
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Deuteronomy 29:22
And future generations, your children coming after you, and travellers from far countries, will say, when they see the punishments of that land and the diseases which the Lord has sent on it;
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Joshua 7:2
Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the side of Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said to them, Go up and make a search through the land. And the men went up and saw how Ai was placed.
Joshua 7:3
Then they came back to Joshua and said to him, Do not send all the people up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and make an attack on Ai; there is no need for all the people to be tired with the journey there, for it is only a small town.
Joshua 7:4
So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.
Joshua 7:5
The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.
Job 35:8
Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.
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1 Samuel 14:38
And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.
1 Samuel 14:39
For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.
1 Samuel 14:40
Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do whatever seems good to you.
1 Samuel 14:41
Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul and Jonathan were marked out, and the people went free.
1 Samuel 14:42
And Saul said, Give your decision between my son Jonathan and me. And Jonathan was taken.
Jonah 1:7
And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.
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1 Samuel 25:3
Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:32
And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:
2 Samuel 14:2
And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:
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1 Samuel 25:33
A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
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2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
2 Samuel 15:3
And Absalom would say to him, See, your cause is true and right; but no man has been named by the king to give you a hearing.
2 Samuel 15:4
And more than this, Absalom said, If only I was made judge in the land, so that every man who has any cause or question might come to me, and I would give a right decision for him!
2 Samuel 15:5
And if any man came near to give him honour, he took him by the hand and gave him a kiss.
2 Samuel 15:6
And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.
2 Samuel 15:10
But Absalom at the same time sent watchers through all the tribes of Israel to say, At the sound of the horn you are to say, Absalom is king in Hebron.
2 Samuel 15:11
And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs.
2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, one of David's helpers, from Giloh his town, while he was making the offerings. And the design against David became strong, for more and more people were joined to Absalom.
2 Samuel 15:13
And one came to David and said, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.
2 Samuel 15:14
And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.
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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
2 Samuel 24:16
And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
2 Samuel 24:17
And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.
1 Chronicles 21:17
And David said to God, Was it not I who gave the order for the people to be numbered? It is I who have done the sin and the great wrong; but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand, O Lord God, be lifted up against me and against my family, but not against your people to send disease on them.
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1 Kings 10:1
Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.
1 Kings 10:2
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.
1 Kings 10:3
And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.
1 Kings 10:4
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,
1 Kings 10:5
And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
1 Kings 10:6
And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.
1 Kings 10:7
But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.
1 Kings 10:8
Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.
1 Kings 10:9
May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.
1 Kings 10:23
And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.
1 Kings 10:24
And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Proverbs 4:8
Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.
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2 Kings 2:12
And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.
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2 Kings 13:14
Now Elisha became ill with the disease which was the cause of his death: and Joash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said, My father, my father, the war-carriages of Israel and its horsemen!
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1 Kings 12:16
And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.
1 Kings 12:29
And he put one in Beth-el and the other in Dan.
2 Kings 17:21
For Israel was broken off from the family of David, and they made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king, who, driving them away from the laws of the Lord, made them do a great sin.
2 Kings 21:9
But they did not give ear; and Manasseh made them do more evil than those nations did, whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.
2 Kings 21:11
Because Manasseh, king of Judah, has done these disgusting things, doing more evil than all the Amorites before him, and making Judah do evil with his false gods,
Micah 6:16
For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.
2 Thessalonians 2:4
Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
Revelation 13:11
And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and his voice was like that of a dragon.
Revelation 13:12
And he makes use of all the authority of the first beast before his eyes. And he makes the earth and those who are in it give worship to the first beast, whose death-wound was made well.
Revelation 13:13
And he does great signs, even making fire come down from heaven on the earth before the eyes of men.
Revelation 13:14
And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.
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2 Kings 25:25
But in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, came with ten men and made an attack on Gedaliah, causing his death and the death of the Jews and the Chaldaeans who were with him at Mizpah.
Jeremiah 41:3
And Ishmael put to death all the Jews who were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldaean men of war.
Jeremiah 41:11
But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the armed forces who were with him, had news of all the evil which Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had done,
Jeremiah 41:12
They took their men and went out to make war on Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and they came face to face with him by the great waters in Gibeon.
Lamentations 1:2
She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been false to her, they have become her haters.
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2 Chronicles 31:21
And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.
2 Chronicles 33:9
And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 35:18
No Passover like it had been kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and not one of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover like the one kept by Josiah and the priests and the Levites and all those of Judah and Israel who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:6
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him, and took him away in chains to Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:7
And Nebuchadnezzar took away some of the vessels of the Lord's house, and put them in the house of his god in Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:8
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the disgusting things he did, and all there is to be said against him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.
2 Chronicles 36:10
In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and took him away to Babylon, with the beautiful vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah, his father's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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Esther 9:18
But the Jews in Shushan came together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth day of the month; and on the fifteenth day they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
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Job 20:19
Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
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Psalms 35:19
Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.
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Psalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, So we will have it: let them not say, We have put an end to him.
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Psalms 81:13
If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!
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Psalms 81:14
I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.
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Proverbs 3:13
Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 4:9
She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.
Proverbs 8:32
Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:33
Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.
Proverbs 8:34
Happy is the man who gives ear to me, watching at my doors day by day, keeping his place by the pillars of my house.
Proverbs 8:35
For whoever gets me gets life, and grace from the Lord will come to him.
Proverbs 17:16
How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?
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Psalms 25:21
For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
Psalms 37:31
The law of his God is in his heart; he will never make a false step.
Psalms 119:9
BETH How may a young man make his way clean? by guiding it after your word.
Psalms 119:10
I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.
Psalms 119:11
I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
Proverbs 2:11
Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
Proverbs 6:22
In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.
Proverbs 6:23
For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
Proverbs 6:24
They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
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Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
So I was hating life, because everything under the sun was evil to me: all is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.
Ecclesiastes 2:19
And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 2:21
Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
To the man with whom he is pleased, God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of getting goods together and storing up wealth, to give to him in whom God has pleasure. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:16
And this again is a great evil, that in all points as he came so will he go; and what profit has he in working for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 6:10
That which is, has been named before, and of what man is there is knowledge. He has no power against one stronger than he.
Ecclesiastes 6:11
There are words without number for increasing what is to no purpose, but what is man profited by them?
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.
Ecclesiastes 11:8
But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
Isaiah 65:20
No longer will there be there a child whose days are cut short, or an old man whose days have not come to their full measure: for the young man at his death will be a hundred years old, and he whose life is shorter than a hundred years will seem as one cursed.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
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Ecclesiastes 7:10
Say not, Why were the days which have gone by better than these? Such a question comes not from wisdom.
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Ecclesiastes 9:12
Even man has no knowledge of his time; like fishes taken in an evil net, or like birds taken by deceit, are the sons of men taken in an evil time when it comes suddenly on them.
Isaiah 25:8
He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.
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Ecclesiastes 10:2
The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.
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Ecclesiastes 10:3
And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.
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Isaiah 37:4
It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the people.
Isaiah 37:15
And he made prayer to the Lord, saying,
Isaiah 37:21
Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.
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Isaiah 53:2
For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;
Isaiah 53:3
Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
Mark 6:3
Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.
2 Corinthians 8:9
For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.
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2 Chronicles 31:20
This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 33:2
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:4
And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.
2 Chronicles 33:5
And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 33:6
More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers: he did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath.
2 Chronicles 33:7
And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
2 Chronicles 33:8
And never again will I let the feet of Israel be moved out of the land which I have given to their fathers; if only they will take care to do all my orders, even all the law and the orders and the rules given to them by Moses.
2 Chronicles 34:2
And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, walking in the ways of his father David, without turning to the right hand or to the left.
2 Chronicles 36:5
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.
2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months and ten days, and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:15
Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?
Jeremiah 22:17
But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
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Ezekiel 17:7
And there was another eagle with great wings and thick feathers: and now this vine, pushing out its roots to him, sent out its branches in his direction from the bed where it was planted, so that he might give it water.
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Daniel 2:14
Then Daniel gave an answer with wisdom and good sense to Arioch, the captain of the king's armed men, who had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon;
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Hosea 13:11
I have given you a king, because I was angry, and have taken him away in my wrath.
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.
John 12:31
Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.
Galatians 5:7
You were going on well; who was the cause of your not giving ear to what is true?
Revelation 13:3
And I saw one of his heads as if it had been given a death-wound; and his death-wound was made well: and all the earth was wondering at the beast.
Revelation 13:4
And they gave worship to the dragon, because he gave authority to the beast; and worshipping the beast, they said, Who is like the beast? and who is able to go to war with him?
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2 Samuel 12:14
But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
Wisdom keeps a man from danger even as money does; but the value of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to its owner.
Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.
Matthew 13:45
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.
Luke 10:42
Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
Luke 16:8
And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.
Luke 16:9
And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.
Philippians 3:8
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
1 Timothy 6:1
Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.
1 Timothy 6:17
Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;
1 Timothy 6:18
And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;
1 Timothy 6:19
Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.
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Matthew 13:31
He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:
Matthew 13:46
And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.
Matthew 16:26
For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Luke 12:32
Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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2 Samuel 24:1
Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number of Israel and Judah.
1 Chronicles 21:7
And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
Matthew 18:17
And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
Acts 25:11
If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.
Romans 16:18
For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
1 Corinthians 5:7
Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.
1 Corinthians 5:13
As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.
2 Timothy 2:17
And their words will be like poisoned wounds in the flesh: such are Hymenaeus and Philetus;
2 Timothy 2:18
Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.
2 Timothy 3:6
For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,
2 Peter 2:2
And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
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Acts 9:1
But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
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Acts 9:2
And made a request for letters from him to the Synagogues of Damascus, so that if there were any of the Way there, men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.
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Acts 27:36
Then they all took heart and did the same.
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Romans 6:12
For this cause do not let sin be ruling in your body which is under the power of death, so that you give way to its desires;
Romans 6:16
Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.
Romans 6:17
But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;
Romans 6:18
And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.
Romans 6:19
I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.
Romans 6:20
When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.
Romans 6:21
What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death.
Romans 6:22
But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.
Romans 6:23
For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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1 Kings 3:6
And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.
1 Kings 3:7
And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.
1 Kings 3:8
And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.
1 Kings 3:28
And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.
Psalms 72:1
Of Solomon. Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.
Psalms 72:2
May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.
Proverbs 28:2
Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.
Daniel 2:20
And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his:
Daniel 2:21
By him times and years are changed: by him kings are taken away and kings are lifted up: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those whose minds are awake:
Daniel 2:23
I give you praise and worship, O God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and strength, and have now made clear to me what we were requesting from you: for you have given us knowledge of the king's business.
John 5:30
Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace,
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1 Chronicles 12:32
And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.
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.
Hosea 7:7
They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me.
Ephesians 1:8
Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
Colossians 1:9
For this reason, we, from the day when we had word of it, keep on in prayer for you, that you may be full of the knowledge of his purpose, with all wisdom and experience of the Spirit,
Colossians 1:10
Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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;
Colossians 2:3
In whom are all the secret stores of wisdom and knowledge.
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1 Kings 12:28
So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 12:30
And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to the other at Dan.
1 Kings 22:52
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, going in the ways of his father and his mother, and in the ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel do evil.
Job 34:21
For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.
Job 34:30
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Psalms 12:8
The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.
2 Thessalonians 2:5
Have you no memory of what I said when I was with you, giving you word of these things?
2 Thessalonians 2:6
And now it is clear to you what is keeping back his revelation till the time comes for him to be seen.
2 Thessalonians 2:7
For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.
2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;
2 Thessalonians 2:10
And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:
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2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works:
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2 Timothy 4:15
But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.
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2 Timothy 2:16
But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,
Titus 1:14
Giving no attention to the fictions of the Jews and the rules of men who have no true knowledge.
Titus 3:9
But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.
Titus 3:10
A man whose opinions are not those of the church, after a first and second protest, is to be kept out of your society;
Titus 3:11
Clearly he is in error and a sinner, being self-judged.
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1 Kings 18:13
Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?
Proverbs 16:28
A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
Acts 26:32
And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.
Romans 14:15
And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.
Romans 16:17
Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.
1 Corinthians 5:3
For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;
1 Corinthians 5:4
In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
2 Timothy 2:23
And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.
2 Timothy 3:13
Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.
Titus 1:13
This witness is true. So say sharp words to them so that they may come to the right faith,
Hebrews 12:16
And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
Hebrews 12:22
But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,
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