And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
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Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
Deuteronomy
LawHonour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Psalms
PoetryAnd all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
Acts
HistoryAnd of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
Deuteronomy
LawThe governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
Matthew
GospelsUpon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
Esther
History / MordecaiServants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
Luke
GospelsI can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnAlso her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLet thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
Matthew
GospelsAnother parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
2 Samuel
HistoryI said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAll these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
Job
WisdomIt is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.