For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
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But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
1 Kings
HistoryBut he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
Luke
GospelsOf the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
Ezra
History / EzraThe LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
1 Samuel
HistorySo Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Samuel
HistoryOr hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesRejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesFor this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIf God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
John
Gospels / JohnGod brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Numbers
Law / MosesThus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFrom the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahYet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
Luke
GospelsMoreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielO give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
2 Kings
HistoryThen he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.