And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
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And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
Exodus
LawAnd there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed against it.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
Genesis
LawAgain, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAlso they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahDelivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
Acts
History / LukeFor when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
Acts
HistoryNow these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for their's was the lot.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThese things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
John
Gospels / JohnJesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBehold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Psalms
PoetryPilate answered, What I have written I have written.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Genesis
LawAnd the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
Numbers
LawAnd they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.