And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
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They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
Psalms
PoetryAlso Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
Exodus
Law / MosesJehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsNow his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Job
Wisdom / JobThree bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
Exodus
LawThe soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsProviding for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNeither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahCorrection is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonDid not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnBut as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
1 Samuel
HistoryNo man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.