And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
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And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThe tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBy faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownWere not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNeither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Luke
GospelsAnd between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
1 Samuel
HistoryIn measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
Judges
History / SamuelO LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Psalms
PoetryAnd he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahVerily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
Mark
Gospels / MarkBetter is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs
WisdomYet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWho humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
Psalms
PoetryAnd those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
Numbers
LawGreat peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.