And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
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But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Amos
Minor ProphetsLet thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Job
WisdomBut of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
Genesis
Law / MosesCursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
Joshua
HistoryWho by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
1 Peter
General EpistlesFor our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesCursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
Matthew
GospelsMoreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielEvery beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Genesis
Law / MosesCome now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Daniel
Major ProphetsSpeak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
Numbers
LawFor rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAfter whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelJesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
John
Gospels / JohnNow when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
Job
WisdomSince the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
Matthew
GospelsBeareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.