He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahMy covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanYe have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
Psalms
PoetryAnd that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
John
GospelsAs he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraA garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
Genesis
LawAnd by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHis legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielDid Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhen the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
1 Samuel
HistoryAhimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: