And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
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And threescore and one thousand asses,
Numbers
Law / MosesThen Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBecause that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
Acts
History / LukeThen sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Ezra
History / EzraHow oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Job
Wisdom / JobIf thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHe shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
Judges
HistoryNow the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAll the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
Genesis
LawAnd it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawThe queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Matthew
GospelsYea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Nehemiah
HistoryFor the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
Joshua
HistoryVanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomDeliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;