And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
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For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
James
General EpistlesThey have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Daniel
Major ProphetsIn the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
Esther
HistoryAnd they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
Numbers
LawThen spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
1 Kings
HistoryNow this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
Ezra
HistoryBut let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThere is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
Joshua
HistoryTherefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
Exodus
Law / MosesWhere is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis
LawThe sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryThe eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.