And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
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I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
1 Kings
HistoryWhen a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
1 Kings
HistoryWhereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings
HistoryNow these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
Joshua
HistoryAnd I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAll ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs
WisdomWhoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
Matthew
GospelsJesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
Acts
History / LukeNow Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe men of Netophah, fifty and six.
Ezra
HistoryAnd in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
Luke
GospelsAnd from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli:
Acts
History / LukeBut fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesBut wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahGo, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.