And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis
LawFret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Proverbs
WisdomOur bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
Matthew
GospelsWhich by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
Mark
GospelsAnd wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Numbers
Law / MosesThen the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Revelation
ApocalypticFor thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHer husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Proverbs
WisdomBe of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
Exodus
LawThis is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
John
Gospels / JohnThe mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.