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«Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.»
«Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.»
«For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.»
«O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! / Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.»
«Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: / Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? / But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.»
Author: Bible
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afflict, gall, hemlock, hosts, nought, plow, raise up, river horse, rocking horse
«In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: / That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.»
«Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, / Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.»
«His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.»
«Plots, true or false, are necessary things, to raise up commonwealths, and ruin kings.»
Author: John Dryden
(Critic, Dramatist, Poet)
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commonwealths, plots, raise up, the Commonwealth