And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
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And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
Joshua
HistoryAnd the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
Joshua
HistoryBut as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
Leviticus
LawAs for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryHis flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Job
Wisdom / JobThere were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersEvery male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
Leviticus
LawWhose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
Deuteronomy
LawThe desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus
LawAnd the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahFor he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNow therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Joshua
HistoryAnd I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Genesis
LawAnd Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.