And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
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And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
2 Samuel
HistoryNow therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Exodus
Law / MosesAlso he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
Esther
History / MordecaiThey forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSurely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Psalms
PoetryHis disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
John
Gospels / JohnCan a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Job
Wisdom / JobBut there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 Peter
General EpistlesThough these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut God raised him from the dead:
Acts
HistoryThey set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
James
General EpistlesTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Matthew
GospelsThen said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Proverbs
WisdomBehold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.