And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
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And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAmmiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Job
WisdomIt is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
Job
WisdomThou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Numbers
Law / MosesOne golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
LawAnd Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraJohn answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Luke
GospelsWhere wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job
WisdomBut take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Mark
GospelsFor the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahUnless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms
PoetryThe gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
Job
WisdomThe LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psalms
PoetryFor even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings
HistoryFor these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.