And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
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And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
1 Kings
HistoryTo him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
Job
Wisdom / JobO LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesYet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
Acts
History / LukeAll the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Acts
HistoryBehold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeIn the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
Ezra
HistoryThen said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Luke
Gospels / LukeBecause he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
Numbers
Law / MosesMoreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
Psalms
PoetryGod brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Numbers
LawAnd they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulA fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalms
PoetryThen the Jews took up stones again to stone him.