It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
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And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
Genesis
LawBecause they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThen the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
Judges
HistoryHis prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
John
GospelsNow Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAlso to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNeither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Judges
History / SamuelWho giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThe anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Exodus
LawHe that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1 John
General EpistlesNeither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
Leviticus
LawThen David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.