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He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Revelation
ApocalypticBut as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
2 Samuel
HistoryThe LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
Acts
History / LukeThere was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job
WisdomAnd the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
Leviticus
LawShould I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Genesis
Law / MosesThe fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Psalms
PoetryFor the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Proverbs
WisdomMoreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBut I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.