No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
2 Chronicles
HistorySolomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAlso can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
Genesis
Law / MosesThis thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Genesis
LawThen he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Job
WisdomAnd all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
Job
Wisdom / JobThese were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Luke
GospelsTherefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.