And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesShall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
Numbers
LawThen the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Job
WisdomAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mark
GospelsThe heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Numbers
LawThe foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalms
PoetryHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation
ApocalypticNow Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
John
GospelsBuild you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Numbers
LawAnd the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
1 Kings
HistorySo that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.