And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
1 Chronicles
HistorySo he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
Exodus
LawThey shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsThey have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBe strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
2 Kings
HistoryBut if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesProfessing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAn ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
John
GospelsAnd the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahYea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!