And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
Leviticus
LawJehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
2 Kings
HistorySurely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Psalms
PoetryWe be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis
Law / MosesI have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
Psalms
PoetrySpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
Leviticus
LawAnd his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job
Wisdom / JobBless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhen they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Job
WisdomFor thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBlessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWho said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.