But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
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Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
Judges
HistorySo the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsO my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahRejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
Acts
History / LukeBut Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
1 Samuel
HistoryMoreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Esther
HistoryTherefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Revelation
ApocalypticThe crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsHe shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
2 Samuel
HistoryHis head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John
GospelsAll things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.