Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
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And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
1 Kings
HistoryPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesJarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
Judges
HistorySo he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWho hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus
LawFor the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Genesis
Law / MosesLet them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Psalms
PoetryIt stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
1 Samuel
HistoryThen they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiThen all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
Exodus
LawIsrael hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Luke
GospelsWith Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.