And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
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For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBecause for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTake this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
LawFear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Exodus
LawAnd some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
John
GospelsNevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulJesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
John
Gospels / JohnThen Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahEnvy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
1 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAfter two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
Mark
GospelsJesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
Mark
GospelsIf thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIt shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTheir roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsThe LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.