He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
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For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
Esther
History / MordecaiAmong whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahYea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomYea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAs at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThere are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAs for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesMoreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBlow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
LawBut I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBehold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahGood and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Psalms
PoetryMake thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryThick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.