And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
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And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Genesis
LawSo that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAfter these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Esther
History / MordecaiSo ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.
Micah
Minor ProphetsFor the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAnd he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
Matthew
GospelsWhy hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhen I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Job
WisdomFor when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
Mark
Gospels / MarkI have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
Psalms
PoetryFor, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
Acts
History / LukeWhen they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not;
Acts
HistoryThen saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSalute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesNeither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.