And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
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And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
Acts
History / LukeAnd the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
1 Samuel
HistoryA froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulO Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Psalms
PoetryEgypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
1 Samuel
History(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
Exodus
Law / MosesSaid he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Genesis
Law / MosesThis is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Genesis
LawAnd he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
Leviticus
LawAnd Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThey were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
Psalms
PoetryTherefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMy people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.