And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
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Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
Job
WisdomNevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesNow the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD'S.
Leviticus
Law / MosesDeliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
Psalms
PoetryIt hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesSon of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
Deuteronomy
LawShall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTheir land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTake away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSix years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
Leviticus
Law / MosesShe layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThis shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWrite ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Esther
HistoryAnd they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis
LawAnd the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.