For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
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And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
Numbers
LawThus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Ezra
HistoryWith kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
Job
Wisdom / JobIf there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
Job
WisdomThou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
Luke
GospelsOr crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
Leviticus
Law / MosesTheir houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Job
WisdomAnd Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraShe shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonPhilip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
John
GospelsAnd the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.
Judges
History / SamuelHowbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
2 Samuel
HistoryShall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?