Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Luke
GospelsIn the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
1 Kings
HistoryPraise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
Psalms
PoetryEven as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
Deuteronomy
LawRejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhen they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Acts
HistoryAnd she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanA new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs
WisdomSurely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Genesis
LawAnd he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
Genesis
LawAnd they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
Genesis
LawThe word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
Judges
HistoryAs for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
Genesis
Law / MosesHis countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
Matthew
GospelsSo that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.
Judges
History / SamuelFor the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
Esther
History / MordecaiYea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.