And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
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For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesBehold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Job
Wisdom / JobThey sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
Exodus
Law / MosesNeither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
1 Kings
HistoryFor the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulYe who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosForget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
Matthew
GospelsJudah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMoreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
Genesis
LawThe sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs
WisdomThat I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Exodus
LawAnd king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
2 Kings
HistoryBehold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy: