And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
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Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsShe looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBlessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Psalms
PoetryExcept the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
2 Samuel
HistoryKnowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
Job
WisdomAnd their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
Exodus
Law / MosesThine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsHe that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
John
Gospels / JohnWoe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahShe dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
Job
WisdomAnd Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
Judges
HistoryFor I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
3 John
General EpistlesI am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Genesis
LawWhy doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Mark
Gospels / MarkBehold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?