And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
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And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
Numbers
Law / MosesLet my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThey also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew
GospelsBut whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
James
General EpistlesIs not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
Matthew
GospelsBehold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Genesis
LawNevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
Psalms
PoetryBehold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Luke
GospelsAnd Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Judges
History / SamuelSo every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHis confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
Job
WisdomAnd the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
1 Kings
HistoryThen measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Psalms
PoetryWhich in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: