Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
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The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBecause that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Psalms
PoetryThen Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
Joshua
HistoryThe beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Joel
Minor ProphetsLet there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAsk me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Genesis
LawAnd take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
1 Samuel
HistorySo it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelYea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonIt was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsGive unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.