And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
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And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Psalms
PoetryLet mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAlso, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
Matthew
GospelsYea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis
LawAs concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
Judges
HistoryAs cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Proverbs
WisdomWhy, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Job
WisdomNay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulClouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Psalms
PoetryThe word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMy meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIt is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSaul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
1 Samuel
HistoryAll the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
1 Kings
HistorySo likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.