And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
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A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThat Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSo shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBehold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnHeaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThat he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?
Leviticus
LawFor I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John
GospelsSing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
Psalms
PoetryGod came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukTherefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
Nehemiah
HistoryHe hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahConsider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Luke
GospelsSeeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Job
Wisdom / JobFor I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahConcerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.