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Abel Abraham Adam and Eve Ahasuerus angel asked Babylon bade believed BLESSING LITTLE CHILDREN brought Cain child children of Israel CHRIST BLESSING LITTLE CHRIST HEALING command CRUCIFIXION cruel Daniel daughters dead death decree destroy disciples disobedience divine draw water dream Emmaus enemies Esther evil flood garden garden of Eden gave God's golden sceptre hand HEALING THE IMPOTENT Hebrew Herod holy innocent Isaac Isaac's wife Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jesus Jews Jonah Judea keep the Passover kindly king king's kingdom knew lions living creatures Lord Lord's loved Mesopotamia Messiah miracles money-changers Mordecai mother Mount of Olives mysterious night Nineveh Noah numbers obedience offered parents Philistines Pilate prayed prophet Rebecca redeem repentance rest righteous Roman Samson sent serpent servant sin-offering Sodom spared strange strength suffer tell temple thing thither thou thought toil told tree utterly wickedness wise women word worship
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Page 20 - And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Page 65 - My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me : forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
Page 119 - And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him, saying, If Thou be CHRIST, save Thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear GOD, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? And we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward of our deeds : but This Man hath done nothing amiss.
Page 81 - I shall see him, but not n'ow; I shall behold him, but not nigh; There shall come a Star out of Jacob, And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite the corners of Moab, And destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 109 - Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his body.
Page 65 - And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
Page 55 - God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 34 - And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city.
Page 29 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Page 123 - Why seek ye the living among the dead ? He is not here, He is risen...