That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
And David said, What have I now done? [Is there] not a cause?
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest [it], and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed [be] the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
And she said unto him, [There is] no cause: this evil in sending me away [is] greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
My servants shall bring [them] down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive [them]: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
And this [was] the cause that he lifted up [his] hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, [and] repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Then hear thou from the heavens, [even] from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and [so] wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city [is] a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until [another] commandment shall be given from me.
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this [matter].
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Wherein [was] written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith [it, that] thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, [even] upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey.
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Wherein the king granted the Jews which [were] in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [both] little ones and women, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey,
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause; I know that I shall be justified.
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste.
I would order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold.
They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to [his] ways.
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;
To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground]; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
[A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: [neither] let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, [even] unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
[He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to another:
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it [was] an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour.
I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, [who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
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