Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
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And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
Leviticus
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawThere was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
Joshua
HistoryI have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms
PoetryFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Luke
GospelsAnd said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew
GospelsFor there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewDraw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.
Psalms
PoetryIf we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
1 John
General EpistlesThey would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnFor he that is dead is freed from sin.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
Deuteronomy
LawThus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsEvery branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
John
GospelsAnd they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Mark
GospelsThen came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?