And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
Ruth
History / SamuelBut draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhen the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
Matthew
GospelsAnd if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Genesis
Law / MosesThey proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
Genesis
LawAnd shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
Judges
HistoryAnd the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Mark
GospelsAnd Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
Genesis
Law / MosesThough the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryGo and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsEvery tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.