And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
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And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
Genesis
LawHe hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
Numbers
LawHe will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Proverbs
WisdomWho whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Psalms
PoetryAnd he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
Exodus
LawFor when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesCounsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhat shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNo man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Psalms
PoetryWhose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
Acts
History / LukeWhereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThat they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryFor none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesO LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsConsider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.