And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Proverbs
WisdomOr what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark
GospelsDuke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
2 Kings
HistoryNow these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
Ezra
History / EzraRedeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTo devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
Exodus
Law / MosesIf an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
Exodus
LawFor they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs
WisdomIt may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsA virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Psalms
PoetryHe that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Proverbs
WisdomFor the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.