For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
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And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
Genesis
Law / MosesThe voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonO thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHow fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonIn the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
Acts
HistoryAnd the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
Judges
HistoryThrough wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewYe call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
John
Gospels / JohnThis was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
Acts
History / LukeAnd ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Genesis
LawHast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Job
Wisdom / JobI, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
Genesis
LawIt is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAll her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsNow these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
Genesis
LawThe king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.