Bible Facts About People (KJV)

And she brought forth her firstborn son… in Bethlehem of Judaea.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee.

Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain… and taught them.

Then Judas, which had betrayed him… repented himself.

And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian… to bear his cross.

Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.

And he led them out as far as to Bethany… he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

The angel of the LORD appeared… in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush.

And Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die.

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea… and the waters were divided.

And Moses went up unto God… upon mount Sinai.

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna.

Your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years.

Because ye believed me not… ye shall not bring this congregation into the land.

And Moses went up… unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah.

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren.

Behold, he keepeth the sheep.

And he chose him five smooth stones out of the brook.

The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David.

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David.

And David sent and inquired after the woman… Bathsheba.

And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.

And Absalom… stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father.

I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees.

Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but… Abraham.

As for Sarai thy wife… Sarah shall her name be.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine.

Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac… and offer him… for a burnt offering.

And behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.

In thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son.

And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

And he was called the Friend of God.

Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations.

Make thee an ark of gopher wood.

Shem, and Ham, and Japheth.

And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.

And lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off.

The ark rested… upon the mountains of Ararat.

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant.

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens.

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

And saved Noah… a preacher of righteousness.

Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost.

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus.

And Ananias… putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul.

I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia.

The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul.

The messenger of Satan to buffet me.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.

Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill.

He abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.

So we went toward Rome.

And Jesus said unto Simon… from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

Simon, whom he also named Peter.

Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Peter… walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come.

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius.

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending… as a great sheet.

Behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him.

1 Peter and 2 Peter — two New Testament letters bear his name.

He made him a coat of many colours.

Joseph had eleven brothers — the twelve sons of Jacob.

And they… sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver.

And it came to pass… that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph.

The chief butler of the king of Egypt and his baker.

The seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.

And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh.

Only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good.

Nebuchadnezzar… besieged Jerusalem… brought… into the land of Shinar.

Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat.

Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah — also called Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled.

And this is the writing… MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions.

He kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed.

My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths.

Then king Darius wrote unto all people… peace be multiplied.

Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people.

There shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning.

Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon.

Call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD.

The prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty.

Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice.

He came thither unto a cave… and behold, the LORD passed by.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah.

Elisha the son of Shaphat… shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

And the angel Gabriel was sent from God.

To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph.

And Mary arose… and went… unto the house of… Elisabeth.

My soul doth magnify the Lord… (Magnificat).

And laid him in a manger; because there was no room.

Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt.

There was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there.

His mother saith… Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!

These all continued… in prayer… with Mary the mother of Jesus.

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites.

The child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb.

And, behold, a young lion roared against him… he rent him as he would have rent a kid.

There was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

With the jawbone of an ass… have I slain a thousand men.

After this he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me.

The Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza.

And the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people.

And he judged Israel twenty years.

Moses' minister, Joshua the son of Nun.

Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid.

Caleb… and Joshua the son of Nun… rent their clothes.

And came into an harlot's house, named Rahab.

And the waters which came down from above stood.

On the seventh day… they compassed the city seven times.

Achan… took of the accursed thing.

Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

These are the inheritances which… distributed for inheritance by lot.

As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

And his wife Elisabeth… shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God.

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair.

And his meat was locusts and wild honey.

This is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias.

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

For Herod… had bound him in prison for Herodias' sake.

The daughter of… Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.

Mary called Magdalene — that is, of Magdala on the shore of Galilee.

Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils.

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus… Mary Magdalene.

And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early.

And seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir…

Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith… Rabboni.

Rabboni; which is to say, Master.

Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father.

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground.

And breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden.

Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

The rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman.

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it.

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field.

They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years.

The last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

David comforted Bathsheba his wife… and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon.

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people.

Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

And Solomon built the house, and finished it.

In seven years was he in building it.

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon… she came to prove him.

He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines.

His wives turned away his heart after other gods.

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher.

And Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

He and his wife, and his two sons… went to sojourn in the country of Moab.

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's.

Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge.

And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers.

Her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz.

The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

A man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour.

And they called his name Obed.

Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

The king loved Esther above all the women… so that he set the royal crown upon her head.

Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment.

And he brought up… Esther, his uncle's daughter.

Hadassah, that is, Esther.

Haman… sought to destroy all the Jews.

Who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Fast ye for me… three days, night or day.

And if I perish, I perish.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.

They called these days Purim after the name of Pur.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job.

A perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.

There were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle… and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped.

The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Then said his wife unto him… curse God, and die.

Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord.

Above it stood the seraphims… And one cried unto another, Holy, holy, holy.

Having a live coal in his hand… and he laid it upon my mouth.

Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows.

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah.

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees… ten degrees backward.

They shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob.

And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles… thus Esau despised his birthright.

And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands.

And behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

And there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel.

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face.

Jacob… yielded up the ghost… [in Egypt, with Joseph].

James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.

James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.

He surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder.

There was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

He saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!

And the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.

I John… was in the isle that is called Patmos.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.

Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

And they shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

These nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

They cast him into the dungeon… and in the dungeon there was no water, but mire.

I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you… thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote… all the words of the LORD.

Lamentations laments the fall of Jerusalem.

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany.

The town of Mary and her sister Martha.

Found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life.

Jesus wept.

Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.

He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

He that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes.

The chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death.

Only the Gospel of John records the raising of Lazarus.

Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus.

Didymus means 'twin' in Greek.

Let us also go, that we may die with him.

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life.

Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails… I will not believe.

And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them.

Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

They went up into an upper room… Philip, and Thomas.

James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.

In a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets.

James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother.

He surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder.

Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John… up into an high mountain.

Taketh with him Peter, and James, and John… and began to be sore amazed.

Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven?

Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

Herod the king… killed James the brother of John with the sword.

He was the first of the Twelve apostles to die for the faith (Acts 12).

Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother?

Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron.

He shall be thy spokesman unto the people.

Aaron cast down his rod… and it became a serpent.

Take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother… that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

He… made it a molten calf.

Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands.

Behold, the rod of Aaron… brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

Strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son.

Aaron died there in the top of the mount.

Thy name shall not be called any more Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

Abram's wife was Sarai.

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself.

Sarah was ninety years old, and bare a son.

Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh.

Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian.

Cast out this bondwoman and her son.

Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old.

Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah.

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed… because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Deborah, a prophetess… she judged Israel at that time.

She dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah.

She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam.

Sisera, the captain of his army.

Jabin king of Canaan… the captain of whose host was Sisera.

If thou wilt go with me, then I will go.

The LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.

Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent.

The river of Kishon swept them away.

And the land had rest forty years.

The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel.

Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

Throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath.

Let it be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

There were with him thirty and two thousand.

Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth.

By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you.

Trumpets in their hands, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat.

She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?

But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

She had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.

Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

She goeth her way, and calleth Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair.

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax.

Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by.

For the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day.

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. (Hebrews 11:31) …Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? (James 2:25)

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse.

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token.

Rahab, a Gentile and a harlot, was saved by faith and became an ancestor of Jesus Christ.

And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus.

Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way.

A Levite, and of the country of Cyprus.

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church.

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them… and they sent them away.

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews.

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus.

Barnabas exemplified generosity (selling his land), encouragement (bringing Paul to the apostles), and grace (seeing the good in others).

When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice.

Which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek.

And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Now the son of Saul was Jonathan.

And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.

If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand.

And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. Then Saul said to Jonathan… wherefore shall he be slain? And Jonathan shewed him all these things.

And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?… for he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel.

But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

Jonathan knew David was God's chosen king, yet he loved him, protected him, and laid aside his own claim to the throne.

Look ye out among you seven men… whom we may appoint over this business… And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost.

A man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost.

And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God.

Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

And the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

Only Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun, brought back faith-filled reports.

Caleb and Joshua said, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land… their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.

Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land.

Your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms.

My servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

Give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day… Kirjath-arba, which city is Hebron.

I am this day fourscore and five years old… now therefore give me this mountain.

And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch.

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah.

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years.

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years.

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints.

Enoch is in the godly line of Seth, the seventh from Adam, through whom Noah came.

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Twice Genesis says Enoch walked with God, emphasising a life of fellowship.

And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor.

And if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

He also is a son of Abraham. Zacchaeus, though despised, was of the covenant people and eligible for grace.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him.

And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah… and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat.

And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah?

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed… and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah.

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah.

But Hannah had no children. And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid… but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her… and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.

Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem.

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father.

For he removed the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves.

And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.

And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest… saying, Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me… So Hilkiah the priest… went unto Huldah the prophetess.

Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD… O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God.

Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God… Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Nicodemus saith unto them, (He that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.

Nicodemus progressed from a secret night visitor to a public defender and faithful servant at Jesus' burial.

Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign.

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made.

And the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah… And Rabshakeh… sent letters to Hezekiah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee.

And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand.

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart.

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign upon Judah.

Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem.

And in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. And with them he sent Levites… and they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah… came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

Jehoshaphat joined affinity with Ahab by marrying his son to Ahab's daughter Athaliah, and later went to war with Ahab at Ramothgilead against God's warning.

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife.

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem.

When they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

Joseph obeyed the angel immediately each time — taking Mary as his wife, fleeing to Egypt, and returning to Nazareth — demonstrating quiet, faithful obedience.

And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

And he arose, and followed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

Mark 2:14 calls him Levi the son of Alphaeus, while Matthew uses his Greek name.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?

But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Matthew wrote the first Gospel, emphasising Jesus as the Messiah and King of the Jews, with extensive references to fulfilled prophecy.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Matthew was one of the twelve apostles, called directly by Jesus despite his despised profession.

Publicans were Jews who collected taxes for Rome, often adding their own profit, making them despised as traitors and sinners.

Matthew left a lucrative, despised career to follow Jesus — a powerful testimony that no one is beyond the reach of grace.

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance.

And she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings.

Thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be?

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him.

Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand.

And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood.

And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together… And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order.

And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son… Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her.

Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son… My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.

And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser.

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

The daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser.

And there was one Anna, a prophetess.

And spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

Anna's decades of devotion made her instantly ready to recognise and proclaim the Redeemer.

And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her.

And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi.

And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son.

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

God saw Hagar in her affliction, made promises to her, and provided for her in the wilderness — showing mercy to the marginalised.

Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. And he had a son, whose name was Saul.

And when they sought him, he could not be found. Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

And the spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly… And Saul put the people in three companies… and they slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day.

And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue.

But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them.

And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands.

And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled.

And she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

And the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me.

And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again.

And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.

Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way.

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah.

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians.

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

And she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth… and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine… And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?… And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down… and he trode her under foot.

And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel.

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

Every prophecy against Jezebel was fulfilled precisely — demonstrating that no one escapes the justice of God's word.

And, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold.

And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?… and Rebekah took a vail, and covered herself.

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying… Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son… And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck.

And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran.

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus.

Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

Andrew is named in all four apostolic lists as one of the twelve, the brother of Simon Peter.

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

Andrew's simple act of bringing his brother Simon to Jesus resulted in Peter's leadership in the early church.

And Jesus said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know… Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands… And when they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine.

And he was the priest of the most high God.

And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth.

And he gave him tithes of all.

The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

First being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace.

Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.

Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.

The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

And she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her.

Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.

And they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi.

And there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab.

He, and his wife, and his two sons… And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth.

And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you.

Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Call me not Naomi (pleasant), call me Mara (bitter): for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law… they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed.

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand.

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married.

And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow.

And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

And the LORD said unto Moses… let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band.

A centurion of the band called the Italian band.

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him.

Send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter.

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth.

And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.

And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony.

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us.

A seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira.

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.

Whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there.

Come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

And we were in that city abiding certain days. And on the sabbath we went out… we sat down, and spake unto the women.

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony.

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

And he went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish.

But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea.

And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head.

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.

Therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth.

And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy.

And he had judged Israel forty years.

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken.

Now Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar.

Absalom… had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar.

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine… then kill him.

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

And when he polled his head… he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate… So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel.

And he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians.

And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a grove.

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty.

And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel… And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard.

And the men of his city… did as Jezebel had sent unto them… And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession?… In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness… and the king died.

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

An eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

Whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him.

For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.

Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.

And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.

Blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus.

Bartimaeus… sat by the highway side begging.

And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

And many charged him that he should hold his peace.

But he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called.

And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.

And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.

And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

Genesis 29:35 (KJV) — 'And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah.'

Genesis 37:26-27 (KJV) — Judah said, 'What profit is it if we slay our brother... Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites.'

Genesis 38:14-18 (KJV) — Tamar, widowed by Judah's sons Er and Onan, disguised herself to obtain the levirate duty Judah had withheld.

Genesis 38:18 (KJV) — Judah gave her his signet, bracelets, and staff until he could send a kid from the flock.

Genesis 44:33 (KJV) — Judah pleaded, 'Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord.'

Genesis 49:10 (KJV) — 'The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.'

Genesis 38:29 (KJV) — Tamar bore twins, and Perez, who broke forth first, is in the lineage to David (Ruth 4:18-22).

Genesis 37:17 (KJV) — Joseph found them at Dothan after they had moved from Shechem.

Genesis 38:2-5 (KJV) — Judah took Shuah the daughter of a Canaanite, and she bare Er, Onan, and Shelah.

Revelation 7:5 (KJV) — 'Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand,' listed first, reflecting Judah's pre-eminence.

2 Samuel 11:3 (KJV) — The woman was 'Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite.'

2 Samuel 11:2 (KJV) — David 'saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.'

2 Samuel 12:18 (KJV) — The LORD struck the child, and 'it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died.'

2 Samuel 12:24 (KJV) — 'She bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.'

2 Samuel 12:24 (KJV) — 'And David comforted Bathsheba his wife.'

2 Samuel 12:3 (KJV) — Nathan's parable described the poor man's lamb as 'his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom.'

1 Kings 1:17 (KJV) — Bathsheba said, 'My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me.'

1 Kings 1:11-14 (KJV) — Nathan instructed Bathsheba to speak, then he would enter and confirm her words.

Matthew 1:6 (KJV) — 'And David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias.'

1 Kings 2:17 (KJV) — Adonijah asked Bathsheba to 'speak for him unto king Solomon, that he give him Abishag the Shunammite to wife.'

Daniel 1:1 (KJV) — 'Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.'

Daniel 1:6-7 (KJV) — Among the children of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, whom the prince of the eunuchs renamed.

Daniel 2:31 (KJV) — Nebuchadnezzar saw 'a great image... whose brightness was excellent,' with head of gold, chest of silver, etc.

Daniel 2:37-38 (KJV) — Daniel told him, 'Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom... thou art this head of gold.'

Daniel 3:1 (KJV) — 'Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits.'

Daniel 3:6 (KJV) — 'Whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'

Daniel 4:10-14 (KJV) — Nebuchadnezzar saw a tree whose height reached heaven, and a watcher commanded it be hewn down.

Daniel 4:32 (KJV) — 'They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field... till thou know that the most High ruleth.'

Daniel 4:34 (KJV) — 'I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High...'

Daniel 2:49 (KJV) — 'Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon.'

Daniel 1:6-7 (KJV) — Their Hebrew names were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; Daniel's was Belteshazzar.

Daniel 1:7 (KJV) — The prince of the eunuchs gave them new names: Hananiah became Shadrach, Mishael became Meshach, and Azariah became Abednego.

Daniel 3:5 (KJV) — 'That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick...'

Daniel 3:19 (KJV) — Nebuchadnezzar 'commanded to heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.'

Daniel 3:8 (KJV) — 'Then came near certain Chaldeans, and accused the Jews.'

Daniel 3:17-18 (KJV) — 'Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us... But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods.'

Daniel 3:25 (KJV) — Nebuchadnezzar said, 'I see four men loose... and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.'

Daniel 3:27 (KJV) — 'Upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed.'

Daniel 3:29 (KJV) — 'I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces.'

Daniel 2:49 (KJV) — 'Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon.'

Esther 2:7 (KJV) — Mordecai 'brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother.'

Esther 2:5 (KJV) — 'Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai... a Benjamite.'

Esther 2:21 (KJV) — Mordecai 'sat in the king's gate... two of the king's chamberlains... sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.'

Esther 3:2-4 (KJV) — Mordecai 'bowed not, nor did him reverence,' for he was a Jew who would not bow to a man as if to God.

Esther 4:1 (KJV) — 'When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry.'

Esther 4:13-14 (KJV) — Mordecai sent word: 'Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house... and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?'

Esther 6:8-9 (KJV) — Haman suggested: 'Let the royal apparel be brought... and the horse that the king rideth upon... and bring him on horseback through the street of the city.'

Esther 6:10-11 (KJV) — The king commanded Haman, 'Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew.'

Esther 8:2 (KJV) — 'The king took off his ring... and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.'

Esther 9:20 (KJV) — 'And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews... to establish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly.'

2 Corinthians 1:19 (KJV) — 'For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us... by me and Silvanus and Timotheus.' 1 Peter 5:12 also calls him Silvanus.

Acts 15:22 (KJV) — 'Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren.'

Acts 15:23 (KJV) — 'And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch.'

Acts 15:40 (KJV) — 'And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.'

Acts 16:16-24 (KJV) — In Philippi, after Paul cast out the spirit, the owners 'brought them into the marketplace unto the rulers... and cast them into prison.'

Acts 16:25 (KJV) — 'And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.'

Acts 16:26 (KJV) — 'Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened.'

Acts 16:30 (KJV) — The keeper of the prison 'brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?'

Acts 17:14 (KJV) — 'And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still' in Berea.

1 Thessalonians 1:1 (KJV) — 'Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians.' 2 Thessalonians 1:1 and 1 Peter 5:12 also name him.

Acts 6:5 (KJV) — 'And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus...'

Acts 6:1-3 (KJV) — The Grecian widows were neglected; the apostles said, 'It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables... look ye out among you seven men.'

Acts 8:5 (KJV) — 'Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.'

Acts 8:6-7 (KJV) — 'The people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake... For unclean spirits... came out of many that were possessed... and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.'

Acts 8:9 (KJV) — 'But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria.'

Acts 8:26 (KJV) — 'And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.'

Acts 8:27 (KJV) — 'And, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure.'

Acts 8:32-33 (KJV) — 'The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.'

Acts 8:36 (KJV) — 'And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?'

Acts 8:39-40 (KJV) — 'The Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more... Philip was found at Azotus.'

Acts 18:2 (KJV) — Paul 'found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla.'

Acts 18:3 (KJV) — 'And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.'

Acts 18:1-2 (KJV) — After Paul departed from Athens, he came to Corinth and found Aquila and Priscilla there.

Acts 18:18-19 (KJV) — Paul sailed from Corinth with Priscilla and Aquila, and they came to Ephesus.

Acts 18:26 (KJV) — 'And he [Apollos] began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.'

Acts 18:25 (KJV) — Apollos 'was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.'

Romans 16:3 (KJV) — 'Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: ...for my life laid down their own necks.'

1 Corinthians 16:19 (KJV) — 'Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.' Romans 16:5 also mentions 'the church that is in their house.'

They are mentioned in Acts 18, Romans 16:3, 1 Corinthians 16:19, and 2 Timothy 4:19 — four times, though Acts is not an epistle. Among epistles: Romans, 1 Corinthians, and 2 Timothy (three epistles).

Romans 16:4 (KJV) — 'Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.'

Genesis 4:2 (KJV) — 'Cain was a tiller of the ground.'

Genesis 4:2 (KJV) — 'Abel was a keeper of sheep.'

Genesis 4:4 (KJV) — 'The LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering.'

Genesis 4:3 (KJV) — 'Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.'

Genesis 4:7 (KJV) — 'If thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door.'

Genesis 4:8 (KJV) — 'When they were in the field... Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.'

Genesis 4:9 (KJV) — 'I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?'

Genesis 4:16 (KJV) — 'Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod.'

Hebrews 11:4 (KJV) — 'By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain.'

1 John 3:12 (KJV) — 'Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.'

Genesis 5:21 (KJV) — 'Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah.'

Genesis 5:27 (KJV) — 'All the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.'

Genesis 5:25 (KJV) — 'Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.'

Genesis 5:28-29 (KJV) — Lamech 'begat a son: And he called his name Noah.'

Genesis 5:25 (KJV) — 'Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.'

Luke 3:37 (KJV) — 'Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch.'

Genesis 5:25-29 (KJV) — Lamech, son of Methuselah, was the father of Noah.

Hebrews 11:5 (KJV) — 'By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death.'

Genesis 5 (KJV) lists Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah — the eighth.

Genesis 5:26 (KJV) — 'Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years.'

Genesis 11:27 (KJV) — 'Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.'

Genesis 13:11 (KJV) — 'Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan.'

Genesis 13:12 (KJV) — 'Lot... pitched his tent toward Sodom.'

Genesis 14:14-16 (KJV) — Abram armed his trained servants and pursued the kings to bring back Lot.

Genesis 19:1 (KJV) — 'There came two angels to Sodom at even.'

Genesis 19:26 (KJV) — 'His wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.'

Genesis 19:22-23 (KJV) — 'The name of the city was called Zoar.'

Genesis 19:24 (KJV) — 'Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire.'

2 Peter 2:7 (KJV) — 'And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.'

Genesis 19:37-38 (KJV) — His daughters bare Moab and Ben-ammi, fathers of the Moabites and Ammonites.

Genesis 16:15 (KJV) — 'Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.'

Genesis 16:11 (KJV) — 'Thou shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.'

Genesis 16:16 (KJV) — 'Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael.'

Genesis 17:20 (KJV) — 'Twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.'

Genesis 21:14 (KJV) — 'She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.'

Genesis 21:19 (KJV) — 'God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water.'

Genesis 21:20 (KJV) — 'He grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.'

Genesis 21:21 (KJV) — 'His mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.'

Genesis 25:17 (KJV) — 'These are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years.'

Galatians 4:22-23 (KJV) — 'He who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh.'

Genesis 25:24-26 (KJV) — Rebekah bore twins, and 'after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob.'

Genesis 25:33-34 (KJV) — 'He sold his birthright unto Jacob.'

Genesis 25:27 (KJV) — 'Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field.'

Genesis 25:25 (KJV) — 'The first came out red, all over like an hairy garment.'

Genesis 27:4 (KJV) — 'Make me savoury meat, such as I love.'

Genesis 25:30 (KJV) — 'Therefore was his name called Edom.'

Genesis 33:4 (KJV) — 'Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him... and they wept.'

Genesis 32:6 (KJV) — 'Esau... cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.'

Genesis 36:8 (KJV) — 'Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.'

Hebrews 12:16 (KJV) — 'Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.'

Genesis 29:32 (KJV) — 'Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben.'

Genesis 35:22 (KJV) — 'Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine.'

Genesis 37:21-22 (KJV) — 'Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit.'

Genesis 42:37 (KJV) — 'Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee.'

Genesis 49:4 (KJV) — 'Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel.'

Genesis 30:14 (KJV) — 'Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field.'

Numbers 32:33 (KJV) — Moses gave Reuben and Gad the land east of Jordan.

Genesis 46:9 (KJV) — 'The sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.'

Numbers 16:1 (KJV) — 'Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.'

Revelation 7:5 (KJV) — 'Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand.'

Genesis 35:18 (KJV) — Rachel died in childbirth, naming him Ben-oni; 'his father called him Benjamin.'

Genesis 35:18 (KJV) — 'She called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.'

Genesis 35:19 (KJV) — 'Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.'

Genesis 43:34 (KJV) — 'Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs.'

Genesis 44:12 (KJV) — 'The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.'

Genesis 45:22 (KJV) — 'To Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.'

Genesis 49:27 (KJV) — 'Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf.'

1 Samuel 9:1-2 (KJV) — Saul was 'a Benjamite... a choice young man, and a goodly.'

Philippians 3:5 (KJV) — 'Of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin.'

Judges 20:46-48 (KJV) — Israel's war with Benjamin nearly wiped out the tribe.

Matthew 27:57 (KJV) — 'There came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph.'

Matthew 27:57 (KJV) — 'There came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph.'

Mark 15:43 (KJV) — 'Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor.'

Mark 15:43 (KJV) — He 'went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.'

Matthew 27:59 (KJV) — 'He wrapped it in a clean linen cloth.'

Matthew 27:60 (KJV) — 'Laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock.'

John 19:38 (KJV) — 'Being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews.'

John 19:39 (KJV) — 'There came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night.'

Matthew 27:60 (KJV) — 'He rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre.'

Luke 23:51 (KJV) — He 'also himself waited for the kingdom of God.'

John 6:71 (KJV) — 'He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon.'

John 12:6 (KJV) — 'He was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.'

Matthew 26:15 (KJV) — 'They covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.'

Matthew 26:48 (KJV) — 'Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he.'

John 13:26 (KJV) — 'He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.'

Matthew 27:5 (KJV) — 'He cast down the pieces of silver in the temple.'

Matthew 27:5 (KJV) — He 'went and hanged himself.'

Matthew 27:7 (KJV) — 'They bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.'

Acts 1:26 (KJV) — 'The lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.'

John 17:12 (KJV) — 'None of them is lost, but the son of perdition.'

Matthew 27:2 (KJV) — 'Delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.'

Matthew 27:11 (KJV) — 'Art thou the King of the Jews?'

Matthew 27:17 (KJV) — 'Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus.'

Matthew 27:19 (KJV) — 'His wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man.'

Matthew 27:24 (KJV) — He 'washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person.'

Luke 23:7 (KJV) — He 'sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem.'

John 18:38 (KJV) — 'Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?'

John 19:19 (KJV) — 'The writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.'

John 19:20 (KJV) — 'It was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.'

Mark 15:45 (KJV) — 'He gave the body to Joseph.'

Matthew 26:3 (KJV) — 'The palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.'

John 18:13 (KJV) — 'Annas... was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.'

John 11:50 (KJV) — 'It is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people.'

Matthew 26:63 (KJV) — 'I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.'

Matthew 26:65 (KJV) — 'Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy.'

Matthew 26:66 (KJV) — 'They answered and said, He is guilty of death.'

John 18:28 (KJV) — 'Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment.'

Luke 3:2 (KJV) — 'Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John.'

Acts 4:6 (KJV) — 'And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas... were gathered together at Jerusalem.'

John 11:51 (KJV) — 'He prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation.'

Acts 5:1 (KJV) — 'A certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession.'

Acts 5:2 (KJV) — 'And kept back part of the price.'

Acts 5:3 (KJV) — 'Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie?'

Acts 5:3 (KJV) — 'Why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost.'

Acts 5:5 (KJV) — 'Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost.'

Acts 5:7 (KJV) — 'It was about the space of three hours after.'

Acts 5:8 (KJV) — 'Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much?'

Acts 5:9 (KJV) — 'How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?'

Acts 5:10 (KJV) — 'Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost.'

Acts 5:11 (KJV) — 'And great fear came upon all the church.'

2 Kings 5:1 (KJV) — 'Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria.'

2 Kings 5:1 (KJV) — 'But he was a leper.'

2 Kings 5:2-3 (KJV) — 'A little maid... said... Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria.'

2 Kings 5:8 (KJV) — Elisha said, 'Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.'

2 Kings 5:10 (KJV) — 'Go and wash in Jordan seven times.'

2 Kings 5:12 (KJV) — 'Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?'

2 Kings 5:14 (KJV) — 'His flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child.'

2 Kings 5:16 (KJV) — 'As the LORD liveth... I will receive none.'

2 Kings 5:20-21 (KJV) — 'Gehazi... ran after Naaman.'

Luke 4:27 (KJV) — 'None of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.'

2 Samuel 4:4 (KJV) — 'Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet.'

2 Samuel 4:4 (KJV) — 'He was five years old.'

2 Samuel 4:4 (KJV) — 'As she made haste to flee... he fell, and became lame.'

2 Samuel 9:4 (KJV) — 'He is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.'

2 Samuel 9:2 (KJV) — 'There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba.'

2 Samuel 9:7 (KJV) — 'I will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father.'

2 Samuel 9:7 (KJV) — 'And thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.'

2 Samuel 9:8 (KJV) — 'What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?'

2 Samuel 9:12 (KJV) — 'Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha.'

2 Samuel 19:24 (KJV) — 'Had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes.'

1 Chronicles 2:16 (KJV) — Joab was the son of Zeruiah, David's sister.

2 Samuel 2:18 (KJV) — 'Three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel.'

2 Samuel 3:27 (KJV) — 'Joab took him aside in the gate... and smote him there.'

1 Chronicles 11:6 (KJV) — Joab 'went first up, and was chief.'

2 Samuel 11:15 (KJV) — David wrote, 'Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle.'

2 Samuel 20:9-10 (KJV) — 'Art thou in health, my brother? ... So Joab smote him.'

2 Samuel 18:14 (KJV) — 'He took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom.'

1 Kings 1:7 (KJV) — 'He conferred with Joab... and they following Adonijah helped him.'

1 Kings 2:28 (KJV) — 'Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.'

1 Kings 2:34 (KJV) — 'Benaiah... fell upon him, and slew him.'

1 Kings 11:43 (KJV) — 'Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.'

1 Kings 12:1 (KJV) — 'Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.'

1 Kings 12:8 (KJV) — 'He forsook the counsel of the old men.'

1 Kings 12:11 (KJV) — 'My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.'

1 Kings 12:21 (KJV) — He assembled 'the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin.'

1 Kings 12:20 (KJV) — 'They sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel.'

1 Kings 14:25 (KJV) — 'Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.'

1 Kings 14:26 (KJV) — He 'took away the treasures of the house of the LORD... and the shields of gold.'

1 Kings 14:27 (KJV) — 'King Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields.'

1 Kings 14:21 (KJV) — 'Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign.'

1 Kings 11:26 (KJV) — 'Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda.'

1 Kings 11:26 (KJV) — 'An Ephrathite of Zereda.'

1 Kings 11:28 (KJV) — Solomon 'made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.'

1 Kings 11:30-31 (KJV) — 'Ahijah caught the new garment... and rent it in twelve pieces.'

1 Kings 11:31 (KJV) — 'Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD... I will give ten tribes to thee.'

1 Kings 11:40 (KJV) — 'Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak.'

1 Kings 12:28 (KJV) — He 'made two calves of gold.'

1 Kings 12:29 (KJV) — 'He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.'

1 Kings 13:4 (KJV) — 'His hand, which he put forth against him, dried up.'

1 Kings 14:16 (KJV) — 'Because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.'

Ezra 3:2 (KJV) — 'Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel.'

Ezra 1:1-2 (KJV) — Cyrus' decree initiated the return.

Ezra 3:2 (KJV) — 'Then stood up Jeshua... and Zerubbabel.'

Ezra 3:2 (KJV) — They 'builded the altar of the God of Israel.'

Ezra 5:1-2 (KJV) — 'Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah... prophesied... Then rose up Zerubbabel.'

Zechariah 4:6 (KJV) — 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD.'

Zechariah 4:7 (KJV) — 'Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain.'

Zechariah 4:9 (KJV) — 'The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house.'

Haggai 2:23 (KJV) — 'I will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee.'

Matthew 1:12 (KJV) and Luke 3:27 (KJV) both list Zorobabel.

1 Kings 10:1 (KJV) — She 'came to prove him with hard questions.'

1 Kings 10:1 (KJV) — 'When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD.'

1 Kings 10:3 (KJV) — 'Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid.'

1 Kings 10:5 (KJV) — 'There was no more spirit in her.'

1 Kings 10:10 (KJV) — 'She gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold.'

1 Kings 10:10 (KJV) — 'There came no more such abundance of spices.'

1 Kings 10:7 (KJV) — 'The half was not told me.'

1 Kings 10:9 (KJV) — 'Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee.'

Matthew 12:42 (KJV) — 'The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation.'

Matthew 12:42 (KJV) — 'She came from the uttermost parts of the earth.'

1 Kings 21:1 (KJV) — 'Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard.'

1 Kings 21:1 (KJV) — 'A vineyard, which was in Jezreel.'

1 Kings 21:2 (KJV) — 'I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or... the worth of it in money.'

1 Kings 21:3 (KJV) — 'The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.'

1 Kings 21:7 (KJV) — 'Jezebel his wife said... I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth.'

1 Kings 21:8 (KJV) — 'She wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal.'

1 Kings 21:10 (KJV) — 'Set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him.'

1 Kings 21:13 (KJV) — 'Naboth did blaspheme God and the king.'

1 Kings 21:13 (KJV) — 'They carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones.'

1 Kings 21:17-19 (KJV) — 'The word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite.'

Numbers 16:1 (KJV) — 'Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi.'

Numbers 16:1 (KJV) names Dathan and Abiram with On.

Numbers 16:2 (KJV) — 'two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly.'

Numbers 16:3 (KJV) — 'they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.'

Numbers 16:6 (KJV) — 'Take you censers, Korah, and all his company.'

Numbers 16:32 (KJV) — 'The earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up.'

Numbers 16:35 (KJV) — 'there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men.'

Numbers 16:38-39 (KJV) — they were made into broad plates for a covering of the altar.