"THE LAWS OF THE LAND" in the KJV Bible

1,694 Instances   -   Page 1 of 57   -   Sort by Book Order   -   Feedback

Wisdom of Solomon 6:18chapter context similar meaning "And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption;" Wisdom of Solomon 6:18 KJVcopy save

And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption;

2 Maccabees 6:1chapter context similar meaning "Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God:" 2 Maccabees 6:1 KJVcopy save

Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God:

1 Maccabees 6:59chapter context similar meaning "And covenant with them, that they shall live after their laws, as they did before: for they are therefore displeased, and have done all these things, because we abolished their laws." 1 Maccabees 6:59 KJVcopy save

And covenant with them, that they shall live after their laws, as they did before: for they are therefore displeased, and have done all these things, because we abolished their laws.

1 Maccabees 1:44chapter context similar meaning "For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land," 1 Maccabees 1:44 KJVcopy save

For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land,

1 Maccabees 3:29chapter context similar meaning "Nevertheless, when he saw that the money of his treasures failed and that the tributes in the country were small, because of the dissension and plague, which he had brought upon the land in taking away the laws which had been of old time;" 1 Maccabees 3:29 KJVcopy save

Nevertheless, when he saw that the money of his treasures failed and that the tributes in the country were small, because of the dissension and plague, which he had brought upon the land in taking away the laws which had been of old time;

1 Maccabees 10:37chapter context similar meaning "And of them some shall be placed in the king's strong holds, of whom also some shall be set over the affairs of the kingdom, which are of trust: and I will that their overseers and governors be of themselves, and that they live after their own laws, even as the king hath commanded in the land of Judea." 1 Maccabees 10:37 KJVcopy save

And of them some shall be placed in the king's strong holds, of whom also some shall be set over the affairs of the kingdom, which are of trust: and I will that their overseers and governors be of themselves, and that they live after their own laws, even as the king hath commanded in the land of Judea.

Esther 3:8chapter context similar meaning "And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them." Esther 3:8 KJVcopy save

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

1 Maccabees 3:21chapter context similar meaning "But we fight for our lives and our laws." 1 Maccabees 3:21 KJVcopy save

But we fight for our lives and our laws.

2 Kings 18:32chapter context similar meaning "Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us." 2 Kings 18:32 KJVcopy save

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

Exodus 18:16chapter context similar meaning "When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws." Exodus 18:16 KJVcopy save

When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

Psalms 105:45chapter context similar meaning "That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD." Psalms 105:45 KJVcopy save

That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

2 Maccabees 7:11chapter context similar meaning "And said courageously, These I had from heaven; and for his laws I despise them; and from him I hope to receive them again." 2 Maccabees 7:11 KJVcopy save

And said courageously, These I had from heaven; and for his laws I despise them; and from him I hope to receive them again.

Exodus 16:28chapter context similar meaning "And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?" Exodus 16:28 KJVcopy save

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

1 Maccabees 1:42chapter context similar meaning "And every one should leave his laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king." 1 Maccabees 1:42 KJVcopy save

And every one should leave his laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king.

Daniel 9:10chapter context similar meaning "Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets." Daniel 9:10 KJVcopy save

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

Genesis 26:5chapter context similar meaning "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." Genesis 26:5 KJVcopy save

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

2 Maccabees 4:17chapter context similar meaning "For it is not a light thing to do wickedly against the laws of God: but the time following shall declare these things." 2 Maccabees 4:17 KJVcopy save

For it is not a light thing to do wickedly against the laws of God: but the time following shall declare these things.

Wisdom of Solomon 19:16chapter context similar meaning "But these very grievously afflicted them, whom they had received with feastings, and were already made partakers of the same laws with them." Wisdom of Solomon 19:16 KJVcopy save

But these very grievously afflicted them, whom they had received with feastings, and were already made partakers of the same laws with them.

Additions to Esther 16:19chapter context similar meaning "Therefore ye shall publish the copy of this letter in all places, that the Jews may freely live after their own laws." Additions to Esther 16:19 KJVcopy save

Therefore ye shall publish the copy of this letter in all places, that the Jews may freely live after their own laws.

2 Maccabees 7:2chapter context similar meaning "But one of them that spake first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of our fathers." 2 Maccabees 7:2 KJVcopy save

But one of them that spake first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of our fathers.

1 Maccabees 2:40chapter context similar meaning "And one of them said to another, If we all do as our brethren have done, and fight not for our lives and laws against the heathen, they will now quickly root us out of the earth." 1 Maccabees 2:40 KJVcopy save

And one of them said to another, If we all do as our brethren have done, and fight not for our lives and laws against the heathen, they will now quickly root us out of the earth.

Hebrews 10:16chapter context similar meaning "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;" Hebrews 10:16 KJVcopy save

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

2 Maccabees 11:31chapter context similar meaning "And the Jews shall use their own kind of meats and laws, as before; and none of them any manner of ways shall be molested for things ignorantly done." 2 Maccabees 11:31 KJVcopy save

And the Jews shall use their own kind of meats and laws, as before; and none of them any manner of ways shall be molested for things ignorantly done.

2 Maccabees 4:2chapter context similar meaning "Thus was he bold to call him a traitor, that had deserved well of the city, and tendered his own nation, and was so zealous of the laws." 2 Maccabees 4:2 KJVcopy save

Thus was he bold to call him a traitor, that had deserved well of the city, and tendered his own nation, and was so zealous of the laws.

Nehemiah 9:14chapter context similar meaning "And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:" Nehemiah 9:14 KJVcopy save

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

2 Maccabees 5:15chapter context similar meaning "Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple of all the world; Menelaus, that traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide:" 2 Maccabees 5:15 KJVcopy save

Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple of all the world; Menelaus, that traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide:

Genesis 47:19chapter context similar meaning "Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate." Genesis 47:19 KJVcopy save

Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

Jeremiah 2:6chapter context similar meaning "Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?" Jeremiah 2:6 KJVcopy save

Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

Isaiah 24:5chapter context similar meaning "The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant." Isaiah 24:5 KJVcopy save

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

2 Maccabees 3:1chapter context similar meaning "Now when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness," 2 Maccabees 3:1 KJVcopy save

Now when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness,