Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
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Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Psalms
PoetryLet us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Luke
GospelsFor ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psalms
PoetryAnd God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhen I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
1 Samuel
HistoryYet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhen I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
Job
Wisdom / JobIs not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
Joshua
HistoryAnd out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
Joshua
HistoryAnd the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is our's, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBecause the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBeing grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
Numbers
LawAnd he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
Exodus
Law / MosesIn the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
2 Kings
HistoryHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.