And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
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Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
1 Samuel
HistoryHe that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
Exodus
Law / MosesThey are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
Psalms
PoetryAnd ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
1 Samuel
HistoryFor they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Psalms
PoetryAnd it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Leviticus
LawAnd, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahArise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Genesis
Law / MosesForty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhat then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
Nehemiah
HistoryThy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonBut if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Judges
History / SamuelNeither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
Judges
HistoryAnd this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.