And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
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Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThat I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
Esther
HistoryThen came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIn the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
John
Gospels / JohnThen shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
Acts
HistorySon of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesThe great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonCan a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
Exodus
LawBut now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonFor every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.