But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:
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To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahCanst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job
WisdomFor the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahRid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
Psalms
PoetryAnd when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
Acts
HistoryIs there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
Exodus
LawFor the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
James
General Epistles / JamesBy reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Job
WisdomFor whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Matthew
GospelsLaadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanO thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
Ruth
History / SamuelIn the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
1 Kings
HistoryFor even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Mark
GospelsThe Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.