And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
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O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Luke
GospelsFor as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Genesis
LawBut without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulTerrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Ruth
HistoryThese are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalms
PoetryThe righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Job
WisdomBut Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Luke
GospelsA brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesAfter this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
LawNow when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
Luke
GospelsAnd he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
Judges
History / SamuelAs the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Solomon's Song
PoetryIn four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
Numbers
LawGo and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
Judges
HistoryAnd let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.