Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
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But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
Psalms
PoetryWherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
Deuteronomy
LawWhile the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAre ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Amos
Minor ProphetsI have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Luke
GospelsAnd Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraEnter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matthew
GospelsAnd he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for your's is the kingdom of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahSo we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Ezra
History / EzraNow when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.