And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
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So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Matthew
GospelsLet not then your good be evil spoken of:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
John
GospelsBut they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
Luke
Gospels / LukeOf Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsFor they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
Leviticus
LawAnd the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
Joshua
HistoryThey that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
Numbers
LawAnd many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.
Mark
GospelsAnd being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Luke
GospelsThe LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
John
GospelsAnd it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: