And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
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And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Genesis
Law / MosesShall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSix days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exodus
LawTurn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThen the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
Exodus
Law / MosesBy much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
1 Samuel
HistoryThey are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTheir line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psalms
PoetryNow the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away.
2 Kings
HistoryLet God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
Psalms
PoetryFor when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
2 Samuel
HistoryAwake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Psalms
PoetryBless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep;