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 he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
Leviticus
LawBehold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms
PoetryHow beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
Matthew
GospelsBut if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Matthew
GospelsWhen the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIf a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonHe answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
Numbers
LawAnd he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
Judges
HistoryThus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
Mark
GospelsThen died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
Judges
HistoryAnd I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis
LawAnd he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd all the men were about twelve.
Acts
HistoryAnd the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.