And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
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And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
Numbers
LawThen answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
1 Samuel
HistoryIf any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Numbers
LawWhence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job
WisdomA day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsNow therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
Genesis
LawBut Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
2 Kings
HistoryLike the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelSeek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
Amos
Minor ProphetsWherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Matthew
GospelsThere is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Job
Wisdom / JobNow it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luke
GospelsFor I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
Job
Wisdom / JobBecause for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Psalms
PoetryClouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Psalms
PoetryAnd said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.