And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
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The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonTherefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
Luke
GospelsFor he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
Luke
GospelsAnd they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThat the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Job
Wisdom / JobO righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
John
GospelsGo not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
Joshua
HistoryAnd though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHowbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBehold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTo make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
Esther
History / MordecaiThey did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: