And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
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And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThree times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
Exodus
Law / MosesThou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
Deuteronomy
LawBlessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHis children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Job
WisdomMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Genesis
LawAnd the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
Leviticus
LawAnd all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThey are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
Luke
GospelsAnd David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
1 Samuel
HistoryNow his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
Matthew
GospelsSibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielFor what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulA bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.