And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
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He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Job
WisdomPray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Psalms
PoetryWhen thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawSo Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsJesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
Numbers
LawSo Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhen the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownHold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.