Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
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In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiAnd Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
2 Samuel
HistoryHis heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
Psalms
PoetryElihu spake moreover, and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobHe shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
Psalms
PoetryThen Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Exodus
LawAnd thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
Numbers
LawIf after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
Exodus
Law / MosesThy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
2 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.