And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
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And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Leviticus
LawGod hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.
Psalms
PoetryA sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMy lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
Acts
HistoryAnd the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
Exodus
Law / MosesThat which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomJohn answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
John
Gospels / JohnBecause ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHis own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Proverbs
WisdomBut Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James
General EpistlesHe delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Job
Wisdom / JobIn that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
1 Kings
HistoryFor there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.