And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
Job
WisdomAnd Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Genesis
LawAnd for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
Numbers
LawThou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonIs Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Genesis
LawNow Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
John
GospelsBut if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
Genesis
LawBut the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges
History / SamuelHow beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesNow I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhich sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterNow the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
1 Chronicles
HistoryRemember Lot's wife.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.