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The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke
GospelsHe restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
Luke
GospelsYet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
Genesis
Law / MosesThen called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Job
WisdomAnd my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Psalms
PoetryThen let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Job
Wisdom / JobHe hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsFor our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesNotwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
1 Kings
HistoryBring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
Genesis
Law / MosesBut Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSo I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Deuteronomy
LawThen said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges
HistoryFor thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.