But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
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Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Job
Wisdom / JobMy God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsFor man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAll they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIf thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Genesis
Law / MosesCircumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelTell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanNow therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryAnd that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.
Exodus
LawAnd entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
John
GospelsThe law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiBut made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThere were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
Luke
GospelsFor if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownSaying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Amos
Minor ProphetsMoreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
Nehemiah
HistoryAlso when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exodus
LawThe waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.