And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
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But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Psalms
PoetryFor he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
Esther
HistoryThat ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesLest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHe that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhy do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
Leviticus
LawWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeLet the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
Exodus
LawThe mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosI have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
John
GospelsAnd there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
Acts
History / LukeThe LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
Joshua
HistoryTeach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalms
PoetryThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
LawAs he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.