No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
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And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis
LawBenaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahEven as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
Genesis
LawNevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
Esther
History / MordecaiThey understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
John
GospelsAnd one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
2 Samuel
HistoryI will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahEven so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAs the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Proverbs
WisdomMine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAvenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
Numbers
LawWhoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWho giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Job
WisdomWhere is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
John
GospelsLikewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.