And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Job
WisdomAnd Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
2 Samuel
HistoryNow I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesNevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhy doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Job
Wisdom / JobBut God raised him from the dead:
Acts
HistoryAnd, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahFor it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
1 Kings
HistoryThink not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
Genesis
Law / MosesThen did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out.
Job
WisdomAnd the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
Joshua
HistoryBut the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
James
General EpistlesHe hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanNeither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
John
GospelsConsider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.