Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
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For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelVerily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Exodus
LawFor thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Job
WisdomThen the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Genesis
Law / MosesMake haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
Psalms
PoetryBut if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
Numbers
LawRemember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
Hebrews
General EpistlesFor their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
Psalms
PoetryBut when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Acts
History / LukeShall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThen there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Psalms
PoetryFools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs
WisdomThey say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
John
GospelsAnd through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?