A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
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And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
Genesis
LawDid I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Job
WisdomThen took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWho hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs
WisdomThen Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Acts
History / LukeWe are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIf any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulConfounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
Psalms
PoetryThen shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
Job
WisdomBut he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Matthew
GospelsGird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Joel
Minor ProphetsBy what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
1 Kings
HistoryHave mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Genesis
LawThis is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd the way of peace have they not known:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.