Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
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And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Joshua
HistoryBut thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
Job
WisdomThen the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
Exodus
LawI am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
Psalms
PoetryFor thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
2 Chronicles
HistoryThese were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers
Law / MosesThou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalms
PoetryBut when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
Acts
HistoryBut Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deuteronomy
LawWhat profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThey encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Psalms
PoetryBut ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
Numbers
LawI loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Judges
HistoryThen the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.