Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.
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The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Ruth
History / SamuelBut the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
James
General EpistlesAnd he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
1 Kings
HistoryCursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHow he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Exodus
LawHear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
Psalms
PoetryThen I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
Leviticus
LawFor whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
Luke
GospelsAnd now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
Acts
History / LukeThe LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
Psalms
PoetryMy beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
1 Chronicles
HistoryPut yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahCursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.