But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
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The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
1 Kings
HistoryThe children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
Judges
History / SamuelThey say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
John
GospelsThe children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Deuteronomy
LawSo he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
1 Kings
HistoryLet Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAs when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
Deuteronomy
LawI lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.