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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He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Job
WisdomWhy do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAll that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAlso twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
Ezra
History / EzraSo Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
HistoryHis lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
Judges
History / SamuelTurn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
Exodus
Law / MosesHodijah, Bani, Beninu.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahForasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
Numbers
Law / MosesI have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Deuteronomy
LawAt my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
Luke
GospelsAlso I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
Luke
GospelsWoe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: