Songs of Songs 2

“He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.”
– Songs of Songs 2:4

Song of Songs 4

“You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart, with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.”
– Song of Songs 4:9

Numbers 8

“Of all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the work at the Tent of Meeting on behalf of all the Israelites, and to make atonements for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”
– Numbers 8:19

2 Samuel 4

“So David gave an order to his men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung the bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-Bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb at Hebron.”
– 2 Samuel 4:12

Mark 6

“because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “‘Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
– Mark 6:50

Ezekiel 45

“You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally or through ignorance; so that you are to make atonement in the temple.”
– Ezekiel 45:20

Numbers 20

“Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to the rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”
– Numbers 20:8

1 Chronicles 19

“When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench in David’s nostrils, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah and Zobah.”
– 1 Chronicles 19:6

Zephaniah 1

“Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for the day of the LORD is near. The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.”
– Zephaniah 1:7

Judges 15

“Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the LORD, “‘You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
– Judges 15:18

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Judges 5

Judges 5

“When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willing offer themselves—praise the LORD!”
~ Judges 5:2

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Joshua 17

Joshua 17

“If you are so numerous,”’ Joshua answered, “‘and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”
~ Joshua 17:15

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Leviticus 3

Leviticus 3

“Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.”
~ Leviticus 3:5

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Hosea 10

Hosea 10

“Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteous on you.”
~ Hosea 10:12

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Deuteronomy 28

Deuteronomy 28

“Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.”
~ Deuteronomy 28:63

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Jeremiah 8

Jeremiah 8

I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine. There will be no figs on the tree, and their leaves will wither. What I will give them will be taken from them.
~ Jeremiah 8:13

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Psalm 36

Psalm 36

“How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.”
~ Psalm 36:7

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Psalm 114

Psalm 114

“The sea looked and fled, The Jordan turned back;”
~ Psalm 114:3

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Isaiah 14

Isaiah 14

“All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.”
~ Isaiah 14:11

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Genesis 44

Genesis 44

“Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.”
~ Genesis 44:33

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Romans 4

Romans 4

“because law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.”
~ Romans 4:15

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Hosea 1

Hosea 1

“‘Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.”’’
~ Hosea 1:10

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1 Corinthians 9

1 Corinthians 9

“Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.”
~ 1 Corinthians 9:25

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Psalm 5

Psalm 5

“In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.”
~ Psalm 5:3

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Psalm 27

Psalm 27

“The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?”
~ Psalm 27:1

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Isaiah 61

Isaiah 61

“The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.”
~ Isaiah 61:1

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Psalm 120

Psalm 120

“I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.”
~ Psalm 120:1

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