And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
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And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Genesis
Law / MosesBe it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
Ezra
History / EzraI create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBehold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelThey grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Job
WisdomThou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Acts
History / LukeSo likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
Mark
GospelsI communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonIf I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Psalms
PoetryTerrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
2 Samuel
HistoryAll hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
Matthew
GospelsTherefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
1 Kings
HistoryFor thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;