For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
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So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
Hebrews
General EpistlesForasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
Acts
History / LukeWhen ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
Numbers
LawAnd he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
Luke
GospelsAnd it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
Acts
HistoryFor thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsUpon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
Numbers
LawHe winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIf thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThese were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Exodus
LawConaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis
LawBut while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
Joshua
HistoryThere is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
Exodus
LawAnd the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
2 Samuel
HistoryI know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.