Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
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Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Matthew
GospelsAnd his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
Judges
History / SamuelThus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
Exodus
Law / MosesThou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesShall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOzem the sixth, David the seventh:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahFor who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Job
WisdomI call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Deuteronomy
LawSlay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Micah
Minor ProphetsFor if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielJudge not, that ye be not judged.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
2 Chronicles
HistoryVerily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.