Genesis 41:34
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34 Let Pharaoh proceed to appoint overseers over the land and take one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven plenteous years.
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Luke 16:5
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5 So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’
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Proverbs 27:12
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12 The clever see danger and hide,
but the simple go on and suffer for it.(A)
Proverbs 22:3
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3 The clever see danger and hide,
but the simple go on and suffer for it.
Proverbs 6:6-8
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6 Go to the ant, you lazybones;
consider its ways and be wise.(A)
7 Without having any chief
or officer or ruler,
8 it prepares its food in summer
and gathers its sustenance in harvest.(B)
Psalm 33:19
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19 to deliver their soul from death
and to keep them alive in famine.(A)
Job 5:20
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20 In famine he will redeem you from death
and in war from the power of the sword.(A)
Nehemiah 11:9
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9 Joel son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in charge of the city.
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2 Chronicles 34:12
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12 The people did the work faithfully. Over them were appointed the Levites Jahath and Obadiah, of the sons of Merari, along with Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. Other Levites, all skillful with instruments of music,(A)
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2 Kings 11:11-12
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11 the guards stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the south side of the house to the north side of the house, around the altar and the house, to guard the king on every side. 12 Then he brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; they proclaimed him king and anointed him; they clapped their hands and shouted, “Long live the king!”(A)
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Numbers 31:14
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14 Moses became angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
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