Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
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O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Matthew
GospelsAnd upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Exodus
LawAnd the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Luke
GospelsAnd now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Acts
HistoryAnd at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhen the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Ezra
HistoryAnd the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
Exodus
LawMake haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonHappy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs
WisdomBut Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?
Acts
HistoryAnd Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis
LawAnd God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.