It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
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For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulYet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewA man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Proverbs
WisdomWhen the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Luke
GospelsAnd when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraCome, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Psalms
PoetryNevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
1 Samuel
HistoryEat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
Exodus
LawNow there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewShall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHowbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSalute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesLORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
Psalms
PoetryAnd he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Acts
HistoryAnd Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMy son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.