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For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThey proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
1 Kings
HistoryBut Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Acts
History / LukeAnd hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAs for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
Acts
HistoryAnd thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
Exodus
LawTherefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelMasters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielYea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Job
WisdomHe shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more:
Leviticus
LawBut go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAlso in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWho, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Acts
HistoryThe mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.