And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
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But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMy sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhen thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis
LawAnd he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
Mark
Gospels / MarkIn those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
2 Chronicles
HistoryLORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Psalms
PoetryWhen Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
John
GospelsAnd Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
Matthew
GospelsHe poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Job
WisdomYea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Job
WisdomAnd it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
Joshua
History / JoshuaHer wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
Judges
HistoryAnd when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
Mark
Gospels / Mark(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
2 Kings
HistoryTherefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.