Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
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And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
Acts
History / LukeSaying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
2 Kings
HistoryFor these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Luke
GospelsWho can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
Ruth
History / SamuelThat ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
Acts
History / LukeThe copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
Ezra
History / EzraThat they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahYe fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
Luke
Gospels / LukeHe hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBlessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSeraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
Nehemiah
HistoryIn that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.