Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
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For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
Luke
GospelsBut ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesCanst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Job
WisdomIn his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
1 Kings
HistoryThe merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Numbers
LawI speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
LawIn the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Proverbs
WisdomWherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterRemember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
Psalms
PoetryThe sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukHis strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
Job
WisdomIs this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
1 Kings
HistoryAnd when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.