And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNone of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
Genesis
LawNor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsGod looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
Psalms
PoetryFor the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Job
WisdomAnd he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnWho remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryAnd the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
Genesis
Law / MosesBehold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBlessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
Judges
HistoryFor, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
John
Gospels / JohnWherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
John
GospelsThen arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIn the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
1 Kings
HistoryThou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.