And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
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For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
1 Kings
HistoryBut this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Ezra
HistoryAnd Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Genesis
LawThey shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Judges
HistoryTherefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
Luke
GospelsThe sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Psalms
PoetrySo now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
Judges
History / SamuelFor it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI and my Father are one.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAn ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
John
Gospels / JohnFor they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe song of songs, which is Solomon's.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonBehold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsUnto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Numbers
LawYea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job
WisdomWhich was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
Acts
HistoryThe princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.