But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
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I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
Judges
HistoryMarcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesAnd the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
Joshua
HistoryThey envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryFor dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalms
PoetryThen they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
Exodus
Law / MosesYea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Proverbs
WisdomI know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
Luke
GospelsAnd the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHe will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
John
GospelsI will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.