In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
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On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
Job
Wisdom / JobNow there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
Mark
GospelsThen I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Daniel
Major ProphetsWhich, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
1 John
General Epistles(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Luke
GospelsAnd thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielFrom twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Numbers
LawFor destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Job
WisdomTherefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawWhen the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelOn the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Exodus
LawAll these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Job
WisdomTherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.