But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
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Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Proverbs
WisdomWho covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Psalms
PoetryThen came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalms
PoetrySpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
Leviticus
LawThere is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Exodus
LawLead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
John
GospelsWoe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsFor when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulGather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
Luke
GospelsFor first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Joshua
HistorySing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.