And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is your's.
Genesis
LawTherefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
Psalms
PoetryIn the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
Esther
HistoryAnd let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAsk ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThere was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
Joshua
HistoryFor let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
James
General EpistlesBecause of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Exodus
LawFor now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
Job
WisdomI will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Psalms
PoetryThen they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon,
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnLet them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosMoreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
Mark
GospelsWho is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Solomon's Song
PoetryDavid said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.