Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
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And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
Genesis
LawBecause thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
1 Samuel
HistoryHe brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Acts
History / LukeThen David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
Judges
HistoryThe wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Luke
GospelsAnd he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers
LawHis watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Acts
History / LukeBehold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Solomon's Song
PoetryDeliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
John
GospelsIssachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Genesis
LawUnstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Genesis
LawAlso of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.