And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
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Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOf the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Exodus
LawMy breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Job
WisdomFor mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Psalms
PoetryIf they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Acts
HistoryAnd Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
2 Samuel
HistoryThey shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Psalms
PoetryThen said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
Leviticus
LawNow therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
Joshua
History / JoshuaSet thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Psalms
PoetryHis mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.