When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
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Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
HistoryAnd madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
Nehemiah
HistoryLest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBlessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Psalms
PoetryWherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Hebrews
General EpistlesHe saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
Matthew
GospelsAnd when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.
Matthew
GospelsThus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
Luke
GospelsIn the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Esther
HistoryAnd Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Genesis
LawHowl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahYea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
LawFor thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIn the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Proverbs
WisdomBut at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
Daniel
Major ProphetsThen Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.