Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shorless seas. The good Mate said, Now we must pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say? Why say, 'Sail on! sail on! and on! My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak! The stout Mate thought of home; a spray Of salt wavewashed his swarthy cheek. What shall I say, brave Admiral, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn? Why, you shall say at break of day, 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!' They sailed. They sailed. Then spake the Mate; This mad sea shows its teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Admiral, say but one good word; What shall we do when hope is gone? The words leapt like a leaping sword; Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on! Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck And peered through darkness. Ah! that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck -- A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world Its greatest lesson: On! sail on!
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Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods.
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And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
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'And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.'
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And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, / Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.
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Acts 7:38:
He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living words to pass on to us.
(NIV)
This is he who in the assembly in the wilderness (desert) was the go-between for the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and our forefathers, and he received living oracles (words that still live) to be handed down to us. [Exod. 19.](AMP)
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
(KJV)
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Revelation 13:11:
Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.
(NIV)
Then I saw another beast rising up out of the land [itself]; he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke (roared) like a dragon.
(AMP)
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
(KJV)
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And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; / And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
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Acts 1:16:
And said, 'Brothers and sisters, the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus.'
(NIV)
Brethren, he said, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold by the lips of David, about Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.
(AMP)
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
(KJV)
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Acts 8:26:
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Go south to the road – the desert road – that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.'
(NIV)
But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Rise and proceed southward or at midday on the road that runs from Jerusalem down to Gaza. This is the desert [route].
(AMP)
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.
(KJV)
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Luke 9:11:
But the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.
(NIV)
But when the crowds learned of it, [they] followed Him; and He welcomed them and talked to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed restoration to health.
(AMP)
And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
(KJV)
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Acts 4:31:
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
(NIV)
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage.
(AMP)
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
(KJV)
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John 17:1:
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: 'Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.'
(NIV)
WHEN JESUS had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify and exalt and honor and magnify Your Son, so that Your Son may glorify and extol and honor and magnify You.
(AMP)
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
(KJV)
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2 Peter 1:21:
For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
(NIV)
For no prophecy ever originated because some man willed it [to do so--it never came by human impulse], but men spoke from God who were borne along (moved and impelled) by the Holy Spirit.
(AMP)
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
(KJV)
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Zechariah 4:6:
So he said to me, 'This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.'
(NIV)
Then he said to me, This [addition of the bowl to the candlestick, causing it to yield a ceaseless supply of oil from the olive trees] is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [of Whom the oil is a symbol], says the Lord of hosts.
(AMP)
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
(KJV)
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Matthew 22:1:
Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:
(NIV)
AND AGAIN Jesus spoke to them in parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), saying
(AMP)
And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
(KJV)
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Luke 19:11:
While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.
(NIV)
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
(KJV)
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Acts 4:1:
The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.
(NIV)
AND WHILE they [Peter and John] were talking to the people, the high priests and the military commander of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them
(AMP)
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
(KJV)
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Hebrews 1:1:
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways
(NIV)
IN MANY separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the Truth] and in different ways God spoke of old to [our] forefathers in and by the prophets
(AMP)
God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
(KJV)
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John 8:12:
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'
(NIV)
Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the Light which is Life.
(AMP)
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
(KJV)
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Luke 12:16:
And he told them this parable: 'The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.'
(NIV)
Then He told them a parable, saying, The land of a rich man was fertile and yielded plentifully.
(AMP)
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
(KJV)
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Matthew 28:18:
Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.'
(NIV)
Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
(AMP)
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
(KJV)
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Luke 18:1:
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
(NIV)
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
(KJV)
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Exodus 12:1:
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt
(NIV)
THE LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt
(AMP)
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
(KJV)
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And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
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2 Chronicles 1:2:
Then Solomon spoke to all Israel – to the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, to the judges and to all the leaders in Israel, the heads of families –
(NIV)
Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses.
(AMP)
Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
(KJV)
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Luke 18:9:
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:
(NIV)
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
(KJV)
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Luke 24:44:
He said to them, 'This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.'
(NIV)
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
(KJV)
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Matthew 23:1:
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
(NIV)
THEN JESUS said to the multitudes and to His disciples
(AMP)
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
(KJV)
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Acts 10:44:
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.
(NIV)
While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message.
(AMP)
While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
(KJV)
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