These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
Acts
HistoryBut he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThey meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job
WisdomWherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
2 Chronicles
HistoryFear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
Exodus
LawAnd he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Psalms
PoetryThen said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
1 Samuel
HistoryWealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 Chronicles
HistorySo he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
Genesis
Law / MosesNevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.