And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
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And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
Ezra
History / EzraThey are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsUntil the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
Joshua
HistoryDoth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Psalms
PoetryI would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
1 Kings
HistorySo Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Judges
HistoryAnd said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahOur soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Psalms
PoetryOn the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
2 Kings
HistoryHast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Job
WisdomO God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psalms
PoetryPrepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Nehemiah
HistoryThou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.