Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
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In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesTo subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsDavid said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
John
GospelsThis is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job
WisdomThou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
Leviticus
LawOh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job
WisdomAnd whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms
PoetryBehold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
2 Kings
HistoryFor the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
Esther
History / MordecaiOtherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
2 Samuel
HistoryA sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
John
GospelsAnd I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWe would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNeither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Judges
HistoryAnd he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.