And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
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And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd all the city was gathered together at the door.
Mark
GospelsAnd Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
Genesis
Law / MosesWhen I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
Psalms
PoetryThe preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
1 Kings
HistoryWhy shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
1 Samuel
HistoryEven a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
Deuteronomy
LawNow the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
John
GospelsAnd David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIf ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
John
GospelsAnd God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
Numbers
LawFor false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Mark
Gospels / MarkForasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: