If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
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And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
1 Kings
HistoryAs for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsEliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
2 Samuel
HistoryWhen she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1 John
General EpistlesIs this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesIn that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
Acts
History / LukeBehold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs
WisdomFor John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulLet us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSome men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThen said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
1 Kings
HistoryAs he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Luke
GospelsA sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsShallum, Amariah, and Joseph.