I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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Therefore 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 / JeremiahAnd they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Numbers
Law / MosesA merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
1 Samuel
HistoryWilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Job
WisdomBut the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
Exodus
LawAnd who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAs for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
Psalms
PoetryTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Genesis
LawAnd he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
2 Kings
HistoryThere shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
Exodus
LawNow there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAlso they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
Hebrews
General EpistlesNow therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.