And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
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Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther
HistoryFor all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
Acts
History / LukeAnd there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
Joshua
HistoryI know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
Job
WisdomTheir children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahMy days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job
Wisdom / JobShe is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Proverbs
WisdomO LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
2 Samuel
HistoryWherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHow beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Acts
HistoryAt the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMoreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulGo up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.