And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
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These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWith twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhat? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWho can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Job
WisdomHe sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
1 John
General EpistlesThen Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Matthew
GospelsBe strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
1 Samuel
HistoryHow long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Psalms
PoetryThe ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Genesis
Law / MosesThis day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
John
GospelsAnd the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
Acts
HistoryBut be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.