And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
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Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAre they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
1 Kings
HistoryTherefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWho shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
Acts
History / LukeAnd when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts
History / LukeNow the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
Judges
History / SamuelIt shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
Leviticus
LawAnd it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Proverbs
WisdomThe LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSpeak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelFor I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Ezra
History / EzraI will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms
PoetryFor unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;