And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
1 Kings
HistoryIn those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
2 Kings
HistoryMoreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 Kings
HistoryWhen he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
Matthew
GospelsWho verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThat saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
Leviticus
LawYe blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Matthew
GospelsThen said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
John
Gospels / JohnReuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Genesis
LawAnd Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
John
GospelsOne law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.