These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,
Exodus
LawAnd it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
Exodus
LawAnd Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
Ruth
HistoryBut ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.
Exodus
Law / MosesTherefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
Matthew
GospelsTwo things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
Proverbs
WisdomFor Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Esther
HistoryAnd from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:
Judges
HistoryFor I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
Ezra
History / EzraFor thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not:
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBut the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielA just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
Matthew
GospelsAnd old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
Joshua
HistoryBut Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.