Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
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Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
Acts
HistoryAnd spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / Jeremiah(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
Numbers
LawAnd Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahEvery thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
2 Kings
HistoryBecause they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
1 Chronicles
HistoryI am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Numbers
LawThat thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Genesis
LawThen when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
John
GospelsFor thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
Numbers
Law / MosesA righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,