Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
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The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahProphesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
Exodus
LawAnd the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
2 Samuel
HistoryHowbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Acts
History / LukeWho hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThey answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
John
Gospels / JohnBut thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNeither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawWherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHis disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersCanst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
Numbers
LawThough thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahAnd the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
Numbers
LawAfter this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
Acts
HistoryAnd said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
John
Gospels / JohnWhy should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
Numbers
LawAnd after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.