And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
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And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
Genesis
LawThine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
1 Samuel
HistoryArise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Job
WisdomAnd when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
Acts
HistoryAnd at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTake the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
Numbers
LawAnd afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
Judges
History / SamuelThey cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
Acts
History / LukeBut other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
1 Samuel
HistoryTo translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsMy little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Exodus
LawThat I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
Acts
HistoryNow therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.