And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsYe shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsPut ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Joel
Minor ProphetsHe also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
Judges
History / SamuelThou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
Judges
HistoryAnd the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
1 Samuel
HistoryIn those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Matthew
GospelsNow it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
1 Kings
HistorySo they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
Acts
HistoryAnd he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
1 Samuel
History / Samuel(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Job
WisdomTherefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsGlory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
1 Samuel
HistoryThou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.