And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
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But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor ye are our glory and joy.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSpeak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahWhile he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesFor this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
Genesis
LawWhen I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesOne basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTwo men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Luke
GospelsAnd it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
John
GospelsEvery beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Genesis
LawAnd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Exodus
LawIn my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonHe shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.