And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
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Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Acts
HistoryIf thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonTake the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
Numbers
LawThey will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaSo Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAgain, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
John
GospelsAnd didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
Nehemiah
HistorySo then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Matthew
GospelsAt the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
Joshua
HistoryHave mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhy did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Job
WisdomTo proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.