And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
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But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
Job
Wisdom / JobThey eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsI waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
Daniel
Major ProphetsWhat profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
Acts
HistoryAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonO LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Matthew
GospelsEvery thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
Numbers
LawAnd their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
Exodus
LawWho whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Psalms
PoetryAnd her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?