And 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.
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For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.
Leviticus
Law / MosesNow there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
Judges
HistoryAnd saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
1 Kings
HistoryO satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAll that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he must needs go through Samaria.
John
GospelsAnd when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James
General EpistlesFor no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesBlessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTo wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
2 Kings
HistoryFor behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.