I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job
Wisdom / JobGo, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
2 Chronicles
HistoryServing the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
Acts
History / LukeAnd he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahYe looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsBehold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Psalms
PoetryNow the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWhen ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAbout forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Joshua
History / JoshuaNotwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
Acts
History / LukeAnother parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielJoseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
Mark
GospelsTherefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhich make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Job
WisdomAnd this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesThus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Judges
History / SamuelBehold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
John
Gospels / JohnHe heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThey shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.