For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
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And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
Leviticus
LawAnd the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryWhy is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahA father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTo whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.
Leviticus
LawThat in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis
LawAll nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAll the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Esther
History / MordecaiSaying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
Matthew
GospelsNow concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThis is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Job
WisdomPut away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go.
Mark
GospelsAnd as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
Acts
HistoryAnd they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.