And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
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And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
Luke
Gospels / LukeBehold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Genesis
Law / MosesShall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSay unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahNone shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBeside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
Ezra
History / EzraBut he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThis then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
Joshua
History / JoshuaTherefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Luke
GospelsIn the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWho hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,