But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
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And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
Numbers
LawAnd the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Judges
HistoryAnd they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
Joshua
HistoryMoreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.
Nehemiah
HistoryThere shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Acts
HistoryAnd I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThey answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
John
GospelsJudah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
1 Kings
HistoryWho can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Job
WisdomThou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
2 Chronicles
HistoryVerily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBy faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
Matthew
GospelsNow when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: