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And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
Luke
GospelsAnd the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
Judges
HistoryBut unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownI will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Exodus
LawI found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
1 Kings
HistoryWho is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonBehold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAscribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
Leviticus
LawSo she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Esther
HistoryBut Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,