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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Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
Numbers
LawBut Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAgain, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIt is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs
WisdomBefore destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBecause they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Psalms
PoetryIn that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThe appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsBut when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John
Gospels / JohnWhy sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
Judges
History / SamuelBut if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Acts
History / LukeAnd yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Matthew
GospelsIn the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.