But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
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These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAfter two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
Genesis
LawThen said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
Genesis
LawThy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
2 Kings
HistoryWhen I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsSeven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
Exodus
LawAnd Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Joshua
HistoryShall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Psalms
PoetryAnd there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Mark
GospelsAnd after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
Acts
History / LukeWherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
Job
WisdomFor where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
Genesis
LawHis breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
Job
WisdomThis we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaHe gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Judges
History / SamuelAs the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.