Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
Genesis
LawTheir knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
Exodus
LawBy the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielLest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryWhich covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
John
GospelsAlways in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
2 Kings
HistoryBut Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAll the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersUnto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
Psalms
PoetryFor the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Deuteronomy
LawThe LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Job
Wisdom / JobCursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesOur bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:
Numbers
LawA land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.