He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
Deuteronomy
LawThey are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
Deuteronomy
LawHe sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
Numbers
LawAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Matthew
GospelsThen he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
Job
Wisdom / JobHeaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Luke
GospelsNotwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Judges
History / SamuelThen went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
Nehemiah
HistoryIn this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut there shall not an hair of your head perish.
Luke
GospelsAnd the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
Luke
Gospels / LukePeradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.