And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
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He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAs for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it.
Leviticus
LawBut now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
Psalms
PoetryAnd every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Exodus
LawNow Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
2 Kings
HistoryWhen they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
Matthew
GospelsThus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Genesis
Law / MosesGod thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Job
WisdomAnd the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIn that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.