And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
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Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahCome, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaBut first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAlso we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Proverbs
WisdomIf I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
John
Gospels / JohnBut Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Genesis
LawAt the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThis poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawAnd there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesThey meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job
WisdomAnd Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.