And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
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And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Mark
GospelsAnd David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThere is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
Exodus
Law / MosesCome with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Solomon's Song
PoetryYet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Luke
GospelsWherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Joshua
HistoryJesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
John
GospelsAnd there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Numbers
Law / MosesAzareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
Ezra
HistoryAnd when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
Luke
GospelsDo ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
Exodus
LawThen did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Psalms
PoetryThen hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesIn burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownIsrael also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.