Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
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And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThey were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
Job
Wisdom / JobHis mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Psalms
PoetryFor indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
Genesis
LawAnd thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
Luke
GospelsThat we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Judges
History / SamuelHe gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Psalms
PoetryHe heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAfter him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLet people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Genesis
LawAfter that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
John
GospelsAnd keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
Acts
History / LukeAnd there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnThen said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahFearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?