And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
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He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumThy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulLittle children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
HistoryReceive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverbs
WisdomFor we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesYet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
Exodus
LawSo shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBinding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
Genesis
LawA virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs
WisdomIn the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Numbers
Law / MosesHe hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonFor the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
Acts
History / LukeFrom the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAccording to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.