And 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?
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And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
Luke
GospelsShe put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
Judges
HistoryAnd the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Esther
HistoryMy doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Deuteronomy
LawFor since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
Psalms
PoetryAnd one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
Numbers
LawWealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
Acts
History / LukeShall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Job
Wisdom / JobWhat ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
Psalms
PoetryOf the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
Numbers
Law / MosesWait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Genesis
LawAnd now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
Exodus
LawFor all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
1 Samuel
HistoryBlessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Psalms
PoetrySurely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
Job
Wisdom / JobLet God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.