And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
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The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
Judges
History / SamuelBehold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
Genesis
LawThe LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Genesis
LawSo Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
Joshua
HistoryAnd the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsOn the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
Numbers
LawAnd for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraO Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWhich when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
Acts
HistoryLet the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
1 Samuel
HistoryWherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersArise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.