The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
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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:
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahThen said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
Luke
GospelsNow therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
Numbers
Law / MosesThe thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielFor unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThen spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
Daniel
Major ProphetsWhat I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSaying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
Acts
History / LukeAnd he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Genesis
Law / MosesAdd thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhat manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
John
Gospels / JohnThen will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBeing then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
Numbers
LawWhen thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahShouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?