And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
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After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBy swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThat no flesh should glory in his presence.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
Numbers
LawAnd Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWho is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownMoreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Job
WisdomAnd he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
Matthew
GospelsBut Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Matthew
GospelsAnd your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
Leviticus
LawNow Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThis is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
John
Gospels / JohnWithout the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Ezra
HistoryAnd the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.