And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
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And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
Acts
History / LukeAs obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1 Peter
General EpistlesThen took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Genesis
LawMy transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Job
WisdomAnd forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Job
Wisdom / JobThey cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulLet not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
Judges
History / SamuelTherefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Genesis
LawMoreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
Esther
History / MordecaiLet me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThis is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
Joshua
HistoryNevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAs the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Esther
HistoryO LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsThey that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
Psalms
PoetryDo not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Leviticus
LawThat in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;