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Genesis 32:13-20
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And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
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Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
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Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
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And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
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And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
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Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
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And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
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And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
2 Chronicles 32:2-8
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And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
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He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
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So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
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Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
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And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
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Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
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With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Psalm 112:5
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
their swords
Nehemiah 4:17
They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Nehemiah 4:18
For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.
Song of Songs 3:7
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
Song of Songs 3:8
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Ephesians 6:11-20
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Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
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Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
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And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
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Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
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Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
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For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.