But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
John
GospelsAnd Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Ruth
HistoryAnd I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
Judges
History / SamuelThe eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThat no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSaying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnFor wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
Ruth
HistoryWherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIn the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsFor this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
Esther
HistoryI am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.