To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
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And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
Leviticus
LawAnd in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Esther
HistoryA time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBehold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Luke
GospelsBecause thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAll the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryAnd beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Joshua
HistoryFor thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
Psalms
PoetryIn the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
Numbers
LawThis is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewYet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
1 Kings
HistoryThe LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: