Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
John
Gospels / JohnThy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHow long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
Numbers
LawAnd Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
Genesis
LawThen I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Leviticus
LawAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
Genesis
LawTheir horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsHis confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhen one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
1 Kings
HistoryNow therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesBut even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThen Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
Acts
History / LukeLet 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 othersLikewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsIn God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.