The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
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For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
Leviticus
LawAnd David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Psalms
PoetryWhen John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts
HistoryAnd Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Judges
HistoryAnd again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
Matthew
GospelsNow there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
John
GospelsAnd the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
2 Kings
HistoryO LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelI have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
Job
WisdomThe cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulEven the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
2 Samuel
HistoryBehold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYe shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Leviticus
LawAnd he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
John
Gospels / JohnA true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhen he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.