And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
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For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
Psalms
PoetryFor thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
2 Kings
HistoryWhen Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
2 Samuel
HistoryIt shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIn that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThose things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHow thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Job
Wisdom / JobFor the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesHowbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
Psalms
PoetryThe fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThat make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
Matthew
GospelsFrom thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Job
Wisdom / JobSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Numbers
LawShall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.