But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
Numbers
LawThe priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIt is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd all that believed were together, and had all things common;
Acts
History / LukeOf the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNeither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
Judges
History / SamuelI made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
3 John
General EpistlesFor what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Job
WisdomAnd Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
Matthew
GospelsFor in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulI love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
Exodus
Law / MosesSo they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
2 Chronicles
HistoryKnow ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth
HistoryFor as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.