But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
Luke
GospelsIs Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsA froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahCursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThey come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThey also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
Leviticus
Law / MosesI am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
1 John
General EpistlesThen Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
Joshua
HistoryBut he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job
WisdomThou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.