And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
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And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
2 Kings
HistoryFor such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
Genesis
Law / MosesGive ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Deuteronomy
LawThou shalt make thee no molten gods.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
Joshua
HistoryA poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
HistoryHear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Amos
Minor ProphetsSince those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsBut they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
Acts
HistoryFor better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
Joshua
HistoryAnd now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.