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Excellency

«Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Excellency, liars
«Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, / Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? / That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? / The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.»
«And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? / Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, / Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Excellency, profane
«For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: emptied, Excellency, vine
«And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.»
«After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Excellency
«It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.»
«And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: declaring, Excellency, testimony
«Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Excellency, go away
«I have the honor to be, your Excellency's most obedient humble servant»

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