For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
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Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Deuteronomy
LawFor he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhen I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Psalms
PoetryIf a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
Joshua
HistoryAnd now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
Ruth
HistoryAnd he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAt thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Psalms
PoetryNow therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.
Numbers
Law / MosesThus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
Esther
HistoryAnd it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
Numbers
Law / MosesWhen they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahYet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
Judges
HistoryAnd when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
Luke
GospelsThat I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
Nehemiah
HistoryMany daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Proverbs
WisdomThere shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.