And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
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They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsHast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
Leviticus
LawAnd two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
Exodus
Law / MosesAlso thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:
Exodus
Law / MosesOr whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Numbers
LawAnd I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBut I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhen the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIf thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
Job
WisdomWherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
Genesis
LawAnd she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIbhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThey shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
Psalms
PoetryBy the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.