Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
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I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThe LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
Acts
HistoryAnd they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
John
GospelsHearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers
LawFor I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus
LawAnd my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Job
WisdomFor in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
James
General Epistles / JamesDelilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
Judges
HistoryAnd cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
Exodus
LawMeekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAt the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Matthew
GospelsAnd they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielA righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs
WisdomThey shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWho, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
Acts
HistoryAnd for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.