No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
Deuteronomy
LawBut his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalms
PoetryThen spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Matthew
GospelsBehold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Psalms
PoetryShall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWhen John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts
HistoryAnd there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahReturn, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Psalms
PoetryWhy are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Genesis
LawWherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThen I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBehold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
LawAnd I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
Mark
Gospels / MarkThou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.