Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Proverbs
WisdomThen said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Psalms
PoetryIn that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsSpeak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesWherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIf I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
John
Gospels / JohnSay unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBecause of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Psalms
PoetryLet my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Matthew
GospelsMoreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
1 Kings
HistoryThen sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
Joshua
HistoryJudas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
John
GospelsAnd he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: