He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
Judges
HistoryI am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawThe heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Psalms
PoetryFor, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Luke
Gospels / LukeArise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahShall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukTherefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Genesis
LawThis Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
Ezra
History / EzraNow after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
Joshua
HistoryBut ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1 John
General EpistlesWe will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.