But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
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But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job
WisdomThe children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
1 Kings
HistoryThen commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielBy the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Job
WisdomThen he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Job
WisdomBut Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesI will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Jude
General EpistlesAnd when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
Numbers
LawBut they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Psalms
PoetrySing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIssachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Genesis
LawAnd this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
Exodus
LawThen said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTake counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAsshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.