Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
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And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewKnow ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
Acts
HistorySo shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsTherefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahIf he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
1 Samuel
HistoryMany, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
Mark
GospelsDoth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?
Job
Wisdom / JobBind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Genesis
Law / MosesThey which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHe measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLet their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Psalms
PoetryThen said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Luke
Gospels / LukeUntil the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,