For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
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And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Genesis
LawRemove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMy beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Solomon's Song
PoetryI spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahO ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesNeither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Acts
History / LukeI gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAll the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
HistorySpeak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
Luke
Gospels(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
Deuteronomy
LawHe is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
Mark
GospelsBut with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.