This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
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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.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHe shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
Acts
History / LukeSo I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut Job answered and said,
Job
WisdomBut they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
Luke
GospelsThe wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnTherefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
Luke
Gospels / LukeA good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Psalms
PoetryThou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryThus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis
Law / MosesMy bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
1 Kings
HistoryFor every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.