And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
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For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesCommand the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Leviticus
LawBlessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahElias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
James
General EpistlesAnd he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWe are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsHate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosShe maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
Deuteronomy
LawThy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Exodus
LawThe children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
Ezra
HistoryAnd the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Acts
History / LukeVerily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John
GospelsYe are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
2 Samuel
HistoryIsrael then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Acts
History / LukeThen she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.