Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Amos
Minor ProphetsThen Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThey shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
1 Kings
HistoryThen Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
John
Gospels / JohnSo the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThen led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
John
GospelsA time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahLet the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Job
Wisdom / JobNevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSay now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;