And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
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And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHowbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
Exodus
LawAnd for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
Deuteronomy
LawThen said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThey shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsI will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDoth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
John
GospelsAnd I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Genesis
LawAfterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen Job answered the LORD, and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobThere are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThey shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.