For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
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So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.
Judges
HistoryAnd he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Genesis
LawAnd being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
Acts
HistoryNow therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
Psalms
PoetryThus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.
Mark
GospelsI write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
Judges
History / SamuelThen did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHow hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsI have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBetter is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
2 Samuel
HistoryThus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSurely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.