I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBehold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis
LawAnd the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
Joshua
HistoryIt is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
Judges
History / SamuelHe revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
2 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThey shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
Numbers
LawAnd I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.