And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
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And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAlso the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsRemember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Genesis
LawAnd said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBe not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Hebrews
General EpistlesWill he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
Joshua
HistoryAnd he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
1 Kings
HistoryThou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
Numbers
LawAnd he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhen a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBehold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Job
Wisdom / JobNow therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
2 Samuel
HistoryBlessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
Psalms
PoetryBut my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
Numbers
LawAnd he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Genesis
Law / MosesYe fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?