And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
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And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
1 Kings
HistoryThou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAfter this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThe horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
Proverbs
WisdomI will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Luke
GospelsIf so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Leviticus
Law / MosesI watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Psalms
PoetryYet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs
WisdomWherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Job
WisdomJudah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
1 Samuel
HistoryThe breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSo David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.