Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
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Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
James
General Epistles / JamesFor, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
1 Samuel
HistoryNeither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Acts
History / LukeBut so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
Mark
GospelsFor thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahGo ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
John
GospelsThat they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIf he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahDeliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Psalms
PoetryArt not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAll that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Judges
History / SamuelTake heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Acts
HistoryAnd he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew
GospelsFor he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Job
WisdomI am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesChasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.