Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
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Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job
WisdomThen Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
Genesis
LawWherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewRighteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
Psalms
PoetryThe fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
History(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
Luke
GospelsWhich was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Luke
GospelsBukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
1 Chronicles
HistoryWe have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Job
WisdomIt came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFrowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.
Judges
History / SamuelYet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Ruth
History / SamuelWherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIn the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
2 Kings
HistoryFor thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
Hebrews
General EpistlesRemember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThat they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.