For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
Judges
HistoryAnd I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWho also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
Acts
History / LukeBehold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Job
WisdomBehold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Psalms
PoetryAnd God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Genesis
LawBut he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Proverbs
WisdomAs snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts
HistoryThen came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
Acts
HistoryAnd I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsAnd the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThen I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
Mark
Gospels / MarkYea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
Acts
HistoryAnd I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThat they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: