I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWhen thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPlead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
Psalms
PoetryThis is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIn the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
Esther
History / MordecaiUpon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAre they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation
ApocalypticThen Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahJesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
John
GospelsAnd the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
Judges
History / SamuelBut every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
James
General EpistlesAnd I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
2 Kings
History / Jeremiah(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
Luke
GospelsShallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.