Bible Cross References
righteous
Proverbs 28:28
People stay in hiding when the wicked come to power. But when they fall from power, the righteous will rule again.
Proverbs 11:10
A city is happy when honest people have good fortune, and there are joyful shouts when the wicked die.
Proverbs 29:2
Show me a righteous ruler and I will show you a happy people. Show me a wicked ruler and I will show you a miserable people.
1 Chronicles 15:25-28
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So King David, the leaders of Israel, and the military commanders went to the house of Obed Edom to get the Covenant Box, and they had a great celebration.
26
They sacrificed seven bulls and seven sheep, to make sure that God would help the Levites who were carrying the Covenant Box.
27
David was wearing a robe made of the finest linen, and so were the musicians, Chenaniah their leader, and the Levites who carried the Box. David also wore a linen ephod.
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So all the Israelites accompanied the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy, the sound of trumpets, horns, and cymbals, and the music of harps.
1 Chronicles 16:7-36
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It was then that David first gave Asaph and the other Levites the responsibility for singing praises to the LORD.
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Give thanks to the LORD, proclaim his greatness; tell the nations what he has done.
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Sing praise to the LORD; tell the wonderful things he has done.
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Be glad that we belong to him; let all who worship him rejoice!
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Go to the LORD for help, and worship him continually.
12
You descendants of Jacob, God's servant, descendants of Israel, whom God chose, remember the miracles that God performed and the judgments that he gave.
14
The LORD is our God; his commands are for all the world.
15
Never forget God's covenant, which he made to last forever,
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the covenant he made with Abraham, the promise he made to Isaac.
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The LORD made a covenant with Jacob, one that will last forever.
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"I will give you the land of Canaan," he said. "It will be your own possession."
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God's people were few in number, strangers in the land of Canaan.
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They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.
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But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings:
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"Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets."
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Sing to the LORD, all the world! Proclaim every day the good news that he has saved us.
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Proclaim his glory to the nations, his mighty deeds to all peoples.
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The LORD is great and is to be highly praised; he is to be honored more than all the gods.
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The gods of all other nations are only idols, but the LORD created the heavens.
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Glory and majesty surround him, power and joy fill his Temple.
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Praise the LORD, all people on earth, praise his glory and might.
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Praise the LORD's glorious name; bring an offering and come into his Temple. Bow down before the Holy One when he appears;
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tremble before him, all the earth! The earth is set firmly in place and cannot be moved.
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Be glad, earth and sky! Tell the nations that the LORD is king.
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Roar, sea, and every creature in you; be glad, fields, and everything in you!
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The trees in the woods will shout for joy when the LORD comes to rule the earth.
34
Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good; his love is eternal.
35
Say to him, "Save us, O God our Savior; gather us together; rescue us from the nations, so that we may be thankful and praise your holy name."
36
Praise the LORD, the God of Israel! Praise him now and forever! Then all the people said, "Amen," and praised the LORD.
1 Chronicles 29:20-22
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Then David commanded the people, "Praise the LORD your God!" And the whole assembly praised the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they bowed low and gave honor to the LORD and also to the king.
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The following day they killed animals as sacrifices, dedicating them to the LORD, and then gave them to the people to eat. In addition, they sacrificed a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, which they burned whole on the altar. They also brought the offerings of wine.
22
So that day they were very happy as they ate and drank in the presence of the LORD. For a second time they proclaimed Solomon king. In the name of the LORD they anointed him as their ruler and Zadok as priest.
2 Chronicles 7:10
and on the following day, the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people home. They were happy about all the blessings that the LORD had given to his people Israel, to David, and to Solomon.
2 Chronicles 30:22-27
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Hezekiah praised the Levites for their skill in conducting the worship of the LORD. After the seven days during which they offered sacrifices in praise of the LORD, the God of their ancestors,
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they all decided to celebrate for another seven days. So they celebrated with joy.
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King Hezekiah contributed 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the people to kill and eat, and the officials gave them another 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. A large number of priests went through the ritual of purification.
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So everyone was happy---the people of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the people who had come from the north, and the foreigners who had settled permanently in Israel and Judah.
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The city of Jerusalem was filled with joy, because nothing like this had happened since the days of King Solomon, the son of David.
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The priests and the Levites asked the LORD's blessing on the people. In his home in heaven God heard their prayers and accepted them.
Esther 8:15-17
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Mordecai left the palace, wearing royal robes of blue and white, a cloak of fine purple linen, and a magnificent gold crown. Then the streets of Susa rang with cheers and joyful shouts.
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For the Jews there was joy and relief, happiness and a sense of victory.
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In every city and province, wherever the king's proclamation was read, the Jews held a joyful holiday with feasting and happiness. In fact, many other people became Jews, because they were afraid of them now.
Job 29:11-20
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Everyone who saw me or heard of me had good things to say about what I had done.
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When the poor cried out, I helped them; I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn.
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People who were in deepest misery praised me, and I helped widows find security.
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I have always acted justly and fairly.
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I was eyes for the blind, and feet for the lame.
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I was like a father to the poor and took the side of strangers in trouble.
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I destroyed the power of cruel men and rescued their victims.
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I always expected to live a long life and to die at home in comfort.
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I was like a tree whose roots always have water and whose branches are wet with dew.
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Everyone was always praising me, and my strength never failed me.
Luke 19:37
When he came near Jerusalem, at the place where the road went down the Mount of Olives, the large crowd of his disciples began to thank God and praise him in loud voices for all the great things that they had seen:
Luke 19:38
"God bless the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory to God!"
but
1 Samuel 24:11
Look, my father, look at the piece of your robe I am holding! I could have killed you, but instead I only cut this off. This should convince you that I have no thought of rebelling against you or of harming you. You are hunting me down to kill me, even though I have not done you any wrong.
1 Kings 17:3-24
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"Leave this place and go east and hide yourself near Cherith Brook, east of the Jordan.
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The brook will supply you with water to drink, and I have commanded ravens to bring you food there."
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Elijah obeyed the LORD's command, and went and stayed by Cherith Brook.
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He drank water from the brook, and ravens brought him bread and meat every morning and every evening.
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After a while the brook dried up because of the lack of rain.
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Then the LORD said to Elijah,
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"Now go to the town of Zarephath, near Sidon, and stay there. I have commanded a widow who lives there to feed you."
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So Elijah went to Zarephath, and as he came to the town gate, he saw a widow gathering firewood. "Please bring me a drink of water," he said to her.
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And as she was going to get it, he called out, "And please bring me some bread, too."
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She answered, "By the living LORD your God I swear that I don't have any bread. All I have is a handful of flour in a bowl and a bit of olive oil in a jar. I came here to gather some firewood to take back home and prepare what little I have for my son and me. That will be our last meal, and then we will starve to death."
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"Don't worry," Elijah said to her. "Go on and prepare your meal. But first make a small loaf from what you have and bring it to me, and then prepare the rest for you and your son.
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For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The bowl will not run out of flour or the jar run out of oil before the day that I, the LORD, send rain.' "
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The widow went and did as Elijah had told her, and all of them had enough food for many days.
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As the LORD had promised through Elijah, the bowl did not run out of flour nor did the jar run out of oil.
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Some time later the widow's son got sick; he got worse and worse, and finally he died.
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She said to Elijah, "Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?"
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"Give the boy to me," Elijah said. He took the boy from her arms, carried him upstairs to the room where he was staying, and laid him on the bed.
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Then he prayed aloud, "O LORD my God, why have you done such a terrible thing to this widow? She has been kind enough to take care of me, and now you kill her son!"
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Then Elijah stretched himself out on the boy three times and prayed, "O LORD my God, restore this child to life!"
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The LORD answered Elijah's prayer; the child started breathing again and revived.
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Elijah took the boy back downstairs to his mother and said to her, "Look, your son is alive!"
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She answered, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the LORD really speaks through you!"
1 Kings 18:13
Haven't you heard that when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD I hid a hundred of them in caves, in two groups of fifty, and supplied them with food and water?
1 Kings 19:3
Elijah was afraid and fled for his life; he took his servant and went to Beersheba in Judah. Leaving the servant there,
Ecclesiastes 10:6
Stupid people are given positions of authority while the rich are ignored.
Ecclesiastes 10:16
A country is in trouble when its king is a youth and its leaders feast all night long.
Jeremiah 36:26
Then he ordered Prince Jerahmeel, together with Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to arrest me and my secretary Baruch. But the LORD had hidden us.
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were killed by the sword. They went around clothed in skins of sheep or goats---poor, persecuted, and mistreated.
Hebrews 11:38
The world was not good enough for them! They wandered like refugees in the deserts and hills, living in caves and holes in the ground.
hidden
Jeremiah 5:1
People of Jerusalem, run through your streets! Look around! See for yourselves! Search the marketplaces! Can you find one person who does what is right and tries to be faithful to God? If you can, the LORD will forgive Jerusalem.