And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
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And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
Acts
History / LukeFor by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
John
Gospels / JohnFor afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Genesis
LawNeither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
Exodus
LawSave, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
Psalms
PoetryAnd honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAccording to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
Leviticus
LawWho gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.