For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
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Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
Joshua
HistoryDo therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
Acts
History / LukeHe heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
2 Kings
HistoryThe pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
Job
WisdomThe God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
Acts
HistoryThe way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThey shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOf the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIt shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
Leviticus
Law / MosesGo, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Esther
HistoryBut thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
Numbers
LawFor in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
1 Samuel
HistoryThe people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.