No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
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And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts
HistoryFor Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Luke
GospelsI call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Psalms
PoetryBefore their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Joel
Minor ProphetsLikewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAlexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
2 Kings
HistoryHe shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
Matthew
GospelsNeither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:
Judges
History / SamuelAnd immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
Mark
GospelsWho was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Genesis
LawWherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
Acts
HistoryGo now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
Genesis
LawIn the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahGive wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThere were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSaying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnHearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesAnd when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.