And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
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And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsKnow now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Judges
History / SamuelAfterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulEvery man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
Deuteronomy
LawThen said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Matthew
GospelsHe that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
John
GospelsAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesBehold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
Matthew
GospelsFor he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
1 Kings
HistoryThen it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
Numbers
LawThe same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Job
Wisdom / JobHast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSaying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
Daniel
Major ProphetsNow when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
John
GospelsAnd if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFrom Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: