And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
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And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
1 Kings
HistoryWisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonConsume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Psalms
PoetryAnd Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSon of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Ezra
History / EzraThou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Proverbs
WisdomThen the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
1 Chronicles
HistoryA dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job
Wisdom / JobAll this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
Exodus
LawThen will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
Joshua
HistoryThou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielBut she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Joshua
HistoryThy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.