Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
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Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Exodus
LawAlso, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAll things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
Judges
History / SamuelThat was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
John
Gospels / JohnThat hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielDiscretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBehold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWho can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
Job
WisdomAnd they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,
Acts
History / LukeAnd the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,
Exodus
Law / MosesNow in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
Ruth
HistoryWhosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
Numbers
LawHe chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: