Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
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And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs
WisdomBut know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Numbers
LawAnd he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
Mark
GospelsA man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryWhy shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBecause they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psalms
PoetrySaying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Acts
HistoryI was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
Genesis
Law / MosesThey took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
Genesis
LawTherefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
Numbers
LawHowbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.