And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
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There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
Acts
History / LukeAnd render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Psalms
PoetryMoreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
Exodus
LawLet the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Job
WisdomAnd there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThis shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Exodus
LawEven to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahRob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs
WisdomLet Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Psalms
PoetryMy soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Psalms
PoetryAnd David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMy soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
1 Kings
HistoryThe preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.