So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
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Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMoreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
2 Samuel
HistoryIf a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
1 John
General EpistlesAnd the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWe lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Job
WisdomO LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahYour riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
James
General EpistlesWhen thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Luke
Gospels / LukeIs it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWith thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
Mark
GospelsThen his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
Exodus
LawBy humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they could not answer him again to these things.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.