I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
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Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLet people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Genesis
LawFor Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHave any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Psalms
PoetryHis offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Acts
HistoryThou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
Deuteronomy
LawTo offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Genesis
Law / MosesThy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Psalms
PoetryWherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
John
GospelsIn the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis
Law / MosesMan's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Proverbs
WisdomThen Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFlee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.