And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
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Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
Genesis
LawNow it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
Matthew
GospelsAnd the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
Exodus
LawThen will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTake ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,
Exodus
LawMy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsI form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahEven these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the LORD spake unto me, saying,
Deuteronomy
LawBut her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Genesis
Law / MosesThis know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulBe ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
James
General Epistles / JamesWhereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
Luke
Gospels / LukeA golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
Exodus
LawAnd Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.