And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
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Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraPreaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
Numbers
Law / MosesTerrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Job
Wisdom / JobHe that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Genesis
LawWherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
Numbers
Law / MosesO Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSaying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Luke
Gospels / LukeDo therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
Acts
History / LukeHear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahWhen thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Matthew
GospelsThen the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
Psalms
PoetryHear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHow long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.