And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
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And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
Esther
HistoryTherefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
Psalms
PoetryWhich is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulConcerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAshkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBlessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
Mark
GospelsAnd the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
Leviticus
LawAnd he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Exodus
Law / MosesYe have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
Joshua
HistoryAnd he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
Exodus
LawAnd God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesLet Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBeing confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesFor the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.