And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
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And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Genesis
Law / MosesNow the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
1 Samuel
HistoryThey answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
Ruth
History / SamuelSend thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiThe men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Luke
GospelsThe liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs
WisdomNamely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
1 Samuel
HistoryIn the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWhoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John
GospelsI am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus
LawAnd he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.