And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
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And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
Mark
Gospels / MarkHappy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
Psalms
PoetryAnd she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
2 Kings
HistoryI clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielJesus wept.
John
GospelsFrom that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
Numbers
Law / MosesNow the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
Acts
HistoryThen arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
Luke
GospelsThey lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBecause Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
1 Kings
HistoryI have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Genesis
LawAnd Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Judges
History / SamuelO LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms
PoetryKeep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.