And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
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And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
Judges
HistoryAfter him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
Genesis
LawFor thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
Judges
History / SamuelHe sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Job
WisdomThe children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
Judges
HistoryPhilip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
John
GospelsBut God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTurn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs
WisdomRejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Luke
GospelsAnd said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
Joshua
History / JoshuaIf ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThey shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
Joel
Minor ProphetsRejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
Acts
HistoryFor the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.