Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
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If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Job
WisdomBut on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesThus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms
PoetryThe portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHis branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Deuteronomy
LawNow therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Exodus
Law / MosesDeliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd many believed on him there.
John
Gospels / JohnFor the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Hebrews
General EpistlesIn the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Job
WisdomMany will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAs they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsO my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
Genesis
LawThe law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
Psalms
PoetryAnd ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.