If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
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Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Genesis
LawI will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
Job
WisdomAnd she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis
LawIf there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
Deuteronomy
LawNow the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
1 Samuel
HistoryLord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
Judges
HistoryNeither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
Judges
HistoryCalled of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThe God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
1 Kings
HistoryLook not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Proverbs
WisdomFor John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
Exodus
LawBut he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
Acts
HistoryYe stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryBut if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBut it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsOn the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,