And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
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And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Exodus
LawAnd the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Judges
HistoryFor I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
Luke
GospelsThe slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
1 Kings
HistoryBrethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownWoe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Esther
HistoryAnd when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThey that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Proverbs
WisdomLet their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.
Numbers
Law / MosesTake heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThey shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaWho satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Psalms
PoetryHer prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.