As 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.
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At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Genesis
Law / MosesNeither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Exodus
LawAnd he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Numbers
LawYet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAccept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
Numbers
LawFor there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahIt may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMy son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
John
GospelsI saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAnd from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
Acts
History / LukeFor all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
Hebrews
General EpistlesBut the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
Luke
Gospels / LukeWho goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.