And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
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Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBoast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThis second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
Numbers
LawThe burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHowbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Judges
HistoryBehold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBoth low and high, rich and poor, together.
Psalms
PoetryJehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
Acts
HistoryAnd afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
2 Samuel
HistoryMy beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAs I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
2 Samuel
HistoryA fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs
WisdomConfidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Genesis
Law / MosesI will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.