And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
Exodus
LawAnd Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
Genesis
Law / MosesJesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
John
Gospels / JohnThen shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThey shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
Judges
HistoryAnd David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsShall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Esther
History / MordecaiWhen thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
Luke
GospelsNeither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraJesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnTheir eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Psalms
PoetryBut if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielWho gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesFor they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Numbers
Law / MosesMy bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.