And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were shut, and the rain from heaven was stopped.
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:
They were covered by the deep waters: like a stone they went down under the waves.
By your breath the waves were massed together, the flowing waters were lifted up like a pillar; the deep waters became solid in the heart of the sea.
And if, when the priest sees the mark on his skin, the hair on the place is turned white and the mark seems to go deeper than the skin, it is the mark of a leper: and the priest, after looking at him, will say that he is unclean.
But if the mark on his skin is white, and does not seem to go deeper than the skin, and the hair on it is not turned white, then the priest will keep him shut up for seven days;
And after looking at it, if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and the hair on it is turned white, then the priest will say that the man is unclean: it is the leper's disease, it has come out in the bad place.
But if, after looking at it, he sees that there are no white hairs on it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:
The priest is to see it: and if the hair on the bright place is turned white and it seems to go deeper than the skin, he is a leper: it has come out in the burn, and the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.
But if, after looking at it, the priest sees that there is no white hair on the bright place, and it is not deeper than the skin, and is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:
Then the priest is to see the diseased place: and if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and if there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest will say that he is unclean: he has the mark of the leper's disease on his head or in the hair of his chin.
And after looking at the diseased place, if it does not seem to go deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest will have him shut up for seven days:
And on the seventh day the priest will see the place: and if it is not increased, and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not seem to go deeper than the skin,
And on the seventh day the priest will see the place: and if it is not increased, and does not seem to go deeper than the skin, the priest will say that he is clean: and after his clothing has been washed he will be clean.
And if he sees that the walls of the house are marked with hollows of green and red, and if it seems to go deeper than the face of the wall;
The fountain made by the chiefs, made deep by the great ones of the people, with the law-givers' rod, and with their sticks. Then from the waste land they went on to Mattanah:
So today be certain, and keep the knowledge deep in your hearts, that the Lord is God, in heaven on high and here on earth; there is no other God.
Keep these words, which I say to you this day, deep in your hearts;
For the Lord your God is guiding you into a good land, a land of water-springs, of fountains, and deep streams flowing out from the valleys and the hills;
So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;
For my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.
Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.
And of Joseph he said, Let the blessing of the Lord be on his land; for the good things of heaven on high, and the deep waters flowing under the earth,
Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent-pin and a hammer and went up to him quietly, driving the pin into his head, and it went through his head into the earth, for he was in a deep sleep from weariness; and so he came to his end.
And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face.
And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.
So David took the spear and the vessel of water from Saul's head; and they got away without any man seeing them, or being conscious of their coming, or awaking; for they were all sleeping because a deep sleep from the Lord had come on them.
And he was so deeply in love that he became ill because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin, and so it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.
Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.
And in the middle of the day, Elijah made sport of them, saying, Give louder cries, for he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or he may have gone away for some purpose, or he may be on a journey, or by chance he is sleeping and has to be made awake.
And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.
O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the deepest thoughts of your people, and let their hearts be fixed and true to you;
And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.
By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.
In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,
For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
They are higher than heaven; what is there for you to do? deeper than the underworld, and outside your knowledge;
Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;
And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?
Man puts an end to the dark, searching out to the farthest limit the stones of the deep places of the dark.
He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.
He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.
The deep waters say, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.
After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;
Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?
The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.
The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.
After him his way is shining, so that the deep seems white.
Let all those who are against me be shamed and deeply troubled; let them be turned back and suddenly put to shame.
He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.
Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.
Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.
For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.
He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.
My heart was burning in my breast; while I was deep in thought the fire was lighted; then I said with my tongue,
He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.
My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.
Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.
Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.
The Lord said, I will make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;
My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.
Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters.
Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.
You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.
Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse.
The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.
The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.
You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.
For your mercy to me is great; you have taken my soul up from the deep places of the underworld.
You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.
O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.
The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the tops of the mountains are his.
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And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
And the second Mark 12:31 [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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