But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
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Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Psalms
PoetryWhich indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Matthew
GospelsThey know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHis breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
2 Chronicles
HistoryMany therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
John
GospelsBut if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhile it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownWherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
Joshua
HistoryCan a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
Exodus
LawBut ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Mark
GospelsIt cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Exodus
LawBut God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.