Ecclesiastes 8:3
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3 Be not hasty to (A)go from his presence. Do not take your stand in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases.
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Ecclesiastes 10:4
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4 If the anger of the ruler rises against you, (A)do not leave your place,
(B)for calmness[a] will lay great offenses to rest.
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 10:4 Hebrew healing
Acts 5:8-9
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8 And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you[a] sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” 9 But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together (A)to test (B)the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
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- Acts 5:8 The Greek for you is plural here
Daniel 5:19
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19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, (A)all peoples, nations, and languages (B)trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.
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Daniel 4:35
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35 (A)all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
and (B)he does according to his will among the host of heaven
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
(C)and none can stay his hand
or (D)say to him, “What have you done?”
Jeremiah 44:16-17
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16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, (A)we will not listen to you. 17 (B)But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to (C)the queen of heaven (D)and pour out drink offerings to her, (E)as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster.
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Isaiah 48:4
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4 Because I know that (A)you are obstinate,
and your neck is an iron sinew
and your forehead brass,
Proverbs 30:31
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 30:31 Or the magpie, or the greyhound; Hebrew girt-of-loins
- Proverbs 30:31 Or against whom there is no rising up
Proverbs 14:29
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29 Whoever is (A)slow to anger has great understanding,
but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
1 Kings 2:21-24
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21 She said, “Let (A)Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.” 22 King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask (B)Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, (C)for he is my older brother, and on his side (D)are Abiathar[a] the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.” 23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, (E)“God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life! 24 Now therefore (F)as the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, (G)as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.”
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- 1 Kings 2:22 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew and for him and for Abiathar
1 Kings 1:50-52
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50 And Adonijah feared Solomon. So he arose and went (A)and took hold of (B)the horns of the altar. 51 Then it was told Solomon, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for behold, he has laid hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’” 52 And Solomon said, “If he will show himself a worthy man, (C)not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.”
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