And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
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Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesA wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matthew
GospelsAnd after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Job
Wisdom / JobBut the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther
HistoryThen said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.
Acts
History / LukeSo shall Beth-el do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsLikewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThen Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Genesis
Law / MosesIf I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Genesis
LawAnd he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWill a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.