In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
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Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsShall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Job
Wisdom / JobRemember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
Leviticus
Law / MosesNow the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Ezra
HistoryThat thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThey shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
Numbers
LawWherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonO LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Genesis
LawHe measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
Leviticus
LawBut when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Matthew
GospelsThen shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psalms
PoetryAnd she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
Genesis
Law / MosesGive ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Genesis
LawFor now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?