Letter of Jeremiah 1:59chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a pillar of wood in a a palace, than such false gods." Letter of Jeremiah 1:59 KJVcopysave
Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a pillar of wood in a a palace, than such false gods.
1 Maccabees 2:22chapter contextsimilarmeaning"We will not hearken to the king's words, to go from our religion, either on the right hand, or the left." 1 Maccabees 2:22 KJVcopysave
We will not hearken to the king's words, to go from our religion, either on the right hand, or the left.
1 Maccabees 1:43chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Yea, many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath." 1 Maccabees 1:43 KJVcopysave
Yea, many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath.
2 Maccabees 6:24chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For it becometh not our age, said he, in any wise to dissemble, whereby many young persons might think that Eleazar, being fourscore years old and ten, were now gone to a strange religion;" 2 Maccabees 6:24 KJVcopysave
For it becometh not our age, said he, in any wise to dissemble, whereby many young persons might think that Eleazar, being fourscore years old and ten, were now gone to a strange religion;
2 Maccabees 8:1chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Then Judas Maccabeus, and they that were with him, went privily into the towns, and called their kinsfolks together, and took unto them all such as continued in the Jews' religion, and assembled about six thousand men." 2 Maccabees 8:1 KJVcopysave
Then Judas Maccabeus, and they that were with him, went privily into the towns, and called their kinsfolks together, and took unto them all such as continued in the Jews' religion, and assembled about six thousand men.
1 Maccabees 2:19chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Then Mattathias answered and spake with a loud voice, Though all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him, and fall away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to his commandments:" 1 Maccabees 2:19 KJVcopysave
Then Mattathias answered and spake with a loud voice, Though all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him, and fall away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to his commandments:
2 Maccabees 14:38chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For in the former times, when they mingled not themselves with the Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and did boldly jeopard his body and life with all vehemency for the religion of the Jews." 2 Maccabees 14:38 KJVcopysave
For in the former times, when they mingled not themselves with the Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and did boldly jeopard his body and life with all vehemency for the religion of the Jews.
Ecclesiasticus 36:19chapter contextsimilarmeaning"As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches." Ecclesiasticus 36:19 KJVcopysave
As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.
Susanna 1:49chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Return again to the place of judgment: for they have borne false witness against her." Susanna 1:49 KJVcopysave
Return again to the place of judgment: for they have borne false witness against her.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:44chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Whatsoever is done among them is false: how may it then be thought or said that they are gods?" Letter of Jeremiah 1:44 KJVcopysave
Whatsoever is done among them is false: how may it then be thought or said that they are gods?
Susanna 1:61chapter contextsimilarmeaning"And they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had convicted them of false witness by their own mouth:" Susanna 1:61 KJVcopysave
And they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had convicted them of false witness by their own mouth:
Ecclesiasticus 34:1chapter contextsimilarmeaning"The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools." Ecclesiasticus 34:1 KJVcopysave
The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:50chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For seeing they be but of wood, and overlaid with silver and gold, it shall be known hereafter that they are false:" Letter of Jeremiah 1:50 KJVcopysave
For seeing they be but of wood, and overlaid with silver and gold, it shall be known hereafter that they are false:
Susanna 1:43chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me." Susanna 1:43 KJVcopysave
Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.
Ecclesiasticus 34:4chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Of an unclean thing what can be cleansed? and from that thing which is false what truth can come?" Ecclesiasticus 34:4 KJVcopysave
Of an unclean thing what can be cleansed? and from that thing which is false what truth can come?
Letter of Jeremiah 1:8chapter contextsimilarmeaning"As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and cannot speak." Letter of Jeremiah 1:8 KJVcopysave
As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and cannot speak.
Ecclesiasticus 26:5chapter contextsimilarmeaning"There be three things that mine heart feareth; and for the fourth I was sore afraid: the slander of a city, the gathering together of an unruly multitude, and a false accusation: all these are worse than death." Ecclesiasticus 26:5 KJVcopysave
There be three things that mine heart feareth; and for the fourth I was sore afraid: the slander of a city, the gathering together of an unruly multitude, and a false accusation: all these are worse than death.
Susanna 1:53chapter contextsimilarmeaning"For thou hast pronounced false judgment and hast condemned the innocent and hast let the guilty go free; albeit the Lord saith, The innocent and righteous shalt thou not slay." Susanna 1:53 KJVcopysave
For thou hast pronounced false judgment and hast condemned the innocent and hast let the guilty go free; albeit the Lord saith, The innocent and righteous shalt thou not slay.
2 Maccabees 5:5chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Now when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though Antiochus had been dead, Jason took at the least a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city; and they that were upon the walls being put back, and the city at length taken, Menelaus fled into the castle:" 2 Maccabees 5:5 KJVcopysave
Now when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though Antiochus had been dead, Jason took at the least a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city; and they that were upon the walls being put back, and the city at length taken, Menelaus fled into the castle:
Tobit 3:6chapter contextsimilarmeaning"Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee, and command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be dissolved, and become earth: for it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and have much sorrow: command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into the everlasting place: turn not thy face away from me." Tobit 3:6 KJVcopysave
Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee, and command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be dissolved, and become earth: for it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and have much sorrow: command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into the everlasting place: turn not thy face away from me.