And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
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And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Ruth
HistoryBehold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
Joshua
HistoryAnd we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Genesis
LawAnd he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNow is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
John
GospelsAll the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahO LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
Mark
GospelsThy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnFor in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms
PoetryHow say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus
Law / MosesTherefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWill a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.