And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
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And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawThey shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsYe have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsKings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
Psalms
PoetryAnd saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
Numbers
Law / MosesPeter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
John
GospelsJoshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesBehold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAfter him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner.
Nehemiah
HistoryI hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
Joshua
HistoryA wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.