And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
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And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers
LawFor he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSo built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWoe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Joshua
HistoryAnd as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
John
GospelsAnd when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
Genesis
LawAnd they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Genesis
LawBut I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Genesis
LawAnd Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
Genesis
Law / MosesThey are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John
GospelsAnd Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Exodus
LawThere shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThey are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;