And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
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And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhen they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
Exodus
Law / MosesIf I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahLet all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
LawEven so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTo open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Acts
HistoryThine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThey that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Proverbs
WisdomThen the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
Judges
HistoryWherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Matthew
GospelsThen thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
Mark
Gospels / MarkAt that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,