And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
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And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
Acts
History / LukeThen Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahSo that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
Deuteronomy
LawNow therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
Joshua
History / JoshuaNow there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts
HistoryFor what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWhat, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Acts
History / LukeHe hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
Psalms
PoetryThen shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Luke
GospelsAnd Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
Esther
History / MordecaiI speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBlessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Psalms
PoetryWhen Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
Ezra
HistoryAnd it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
1 Samuel
HistoryFulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewGive strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.