And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
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For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
Acts
History / LukeAnd, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job
WisdomWho will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Psalms
PoetryAnd the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahNow ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
John
GospelsHim that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
Law / MosesSalvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryThen the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
Judges
HistoryAnd this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
1 Chronicles
HistoryCome up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / Jeremiah(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
Numbers
Law / MosesI have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
Judges
History / SamuelPERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.