And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
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Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
2 Samuel
HistorySo Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
3 John
General EpistlesAnd if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Leviticus
LawThat which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Mark
GospelsAnd they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
Numbers
LawBut she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIn the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
Exodus
Law / MosesBehold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Revelation
ApocalypticFor we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAlso he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWe are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
Exodus
LawNow it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
Esther
History / MordecaiWhosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Mark
GospelsAnd David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.