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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I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
John
Gospels / JohnIf he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Exodus
LawLet them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalms
PoetryMoreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
Acts
HistoryBarley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahYe mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
2 Samuel
HistorySlay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he put them all together into ward three days.
Genesis
Law / MosesNow these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
Ruth
HistoryAnd with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Acts
History / LukeHe must increase, but I must decrease.
John
Gospels / JohnSo we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
Nehemiah
HistoryBehold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Joshua
HistoryAnd two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelYe shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawFor, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's.