And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
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When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
John
Gospels / JohnBut wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Psalms
PoetryHe is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonOn the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomSon of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Revelation
ApocalypticSo Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
Esther
History / MordecaiBecause he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
Acts
History / LukeHe is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
Mark
GospelsAnd when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
Acts
History / LukeAnd there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahEven unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
2 Chronicles
HistoryChoosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;