And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
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Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulYet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTherefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
Judges
HistoryThen said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBut we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
Acts
HistoryAnd brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Job
WisdomAnd now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John
GospelsNeither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
Deuteronomy
LawThe whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomRejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Deuteronomy
LawTheir land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew
GospelsO LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
2 Samuel
HistoryMake thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis
Law / MosesNow when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.