They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
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So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd 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
History / JeremiahI have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
Acts
History / LukeBut I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThere are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Luke
GospelsYour wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
Joshua
HistoryTherefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThey shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
John
GospelsWhen he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
Exodus
LawAnd when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahMale and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis
LawThen said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Esther
History / MordecaiThen Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.