And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
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The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
Numbers
Law / MosesWho teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Job
Wisdom / JobBut as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsShall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
Genesis
LawSo that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;
Deuteronomy
LawThen hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
Acts
HistoryThey bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
Genesis
LawAnd Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
Numbers
LawAnd he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
1 Kings
HistoryThat which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
1 Kings
HistoryAll things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John
GospelsAnd her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.