And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
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For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesFor her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Matthew
GospelsBut if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
2 John
General Epistles / JohnI will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsHadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
Genesis
LawThen the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIn those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielWhich stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
Psalms
PoetryNeither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Matthew
GospelsAnd God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.