Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
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Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
LawAnd Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
Ezra
History / EzraNow therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
Genesis
LawAnd both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
1 Samuel
HistoryFear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAfter him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
Nehemiah
HistorySo she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.
Ruth
History / SamuelConsume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryFor when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
Mark
GospelsAnd they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
Luke
GospelsAnd the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaIf I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Job
WisdomHold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Leviticus
LawIf we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
2 Kings
HistoryFor the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsSo the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
Numbers
LawThus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: