And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
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And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
Numbers
LawHe made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumHappy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryBecause their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
Exodus
Law / MosesWherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBefore Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHow our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
Joshua
HistoryI said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Genesis
LawAnd the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Judges
History / SamuelIn Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIf ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulYe are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Acts
HistoryFor they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.