And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Matthew
GospelsMoreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
Acts
HistoryHis 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
LawAt midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonGive me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Esther
HistoryAnd the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
2 Kings
HistoryThe Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
John
GospelsEven when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Job
Wisdom / JobI know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTill a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.