And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
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O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersForbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.
Numbers
LawRedeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Psalms
PoetryIf the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Exodus
LawI will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaNow therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Matthew
GospelsLet me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
Job
Wisdom / JobThey are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
Judges
HistoryAnd when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAfter him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahNow the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation
ApocalypticTurn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.