Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
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Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers
Law / MosesNow when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther
HistoryAnd Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Genesis
LawThey were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsZalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
Luke
GospelsAnd both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
James
General Epistles / JamesBut Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis
LawFor the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
Genesis
LawCan any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?