And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
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Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
Luke
GospelsAnd I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
John
Gospels / JohnThen Job answered the LORD, and said,
Job
WisdomAnd I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
Judges
HistoryBut they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
Acts
History / LukeAll the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers
LawAnd the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
Exodus
Law / MosesWho also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
Acts
HistoryYe shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
Leviticus
LawAnd they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
1 Kings
HistoryYea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.