Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
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But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
Joshua
HistoryAnd they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
Numbers
LawThree times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
Exodus
LawMy days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
Numbers
LawPut not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Esther
History / MordecaiBut ye have not so learned Christ;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWho hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBlessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThey shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
Judges
HistoryThere was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
John
Gospels / JohnIs it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
Job
WisdomAnd the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John
Gospels / JohnThey make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaNot rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.