And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
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Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Ezra
History / EzraThen will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
Joshua
History / JoshuaGod judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Psalms
PoetryFor thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
Psalms
PoetryThe children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterFor he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
Joshua
History / JoshuaIn the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielEthiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
Genesis
Law / MosesLift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTake also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
Numbers
LawAnd when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Luke
GospelsSihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Joshua
History / JoshuaBecause for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersJesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
Exodus
LawAnd David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.