And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
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And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.
Numbers
LawSo they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
John
GospelsMy beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonSo will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSo the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnOur father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
Numbers
Law / MosesHear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
Judges
History / SamuelAfterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThis is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / Paul(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanYe are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
Luke
GospelsAnd Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days:
Leviticus
LawAnd Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.