The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
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Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
Luke
GospelsOn the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
Genesis
Law / MosesCome unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew
GospelsThe righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Exodus
LawFor it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAm I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
2 Kings
HistoryWhen they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLong time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Acts
History / LukeHis name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Mark
GospelsThen again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBy this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;