John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
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The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Job
WisdomFor we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
Leviticus
Law / MosesO LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
1 Samuel
HistoryEven so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Matthew
GospelsThou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
Psalms
PoetryAnd God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis
LawAnd Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
Genesis
LawBut when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewMoreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis
LawThe words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsJudah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?