For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahThe entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Judges
HistoryThere shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsGlory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThey said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
Exodus
Law / MosesWho hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnFor I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Amos
Minor ProphetsBut in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
2 Samuel
HistoryThese are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Genesis
Law / MosesAfter that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
John
Gospels / JohnNow therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Job
WisdomBut all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.