Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
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Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesLike as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Psalms
PoetryFor Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsOne woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
Revelation
ApocalypticElam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
Luke
GospelsThe light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
Proverbs
WisdomI will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
Matthew
GospelsDeal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThe officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
John
GospelsFor if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James
General Epistles / JamesSalt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
Luke
GospelsFor the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
Numbers
LawMuch people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
John
Gospels / JohnThat seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.