For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
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Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSon of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonYour mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWho knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Job
Wisdom / JobFor ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
Deuteronomy
LawHowbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
2 Samuel
HistoryAre there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job
Wisdom / JobIs this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
Luke
GospelsAnd he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.
Leviticus
LawTo deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNeither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Mark
GospelsAnd he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThe children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
HistoryAnd when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: