Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsRemember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahA new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John
GospelsNeither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
2 Samuel
HistoryAll in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
Luke
GospelsHe will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Psalms
PoetryNow, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Deuteronomy
LawMoreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThat I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesSeven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.