And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
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I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryAnd also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
1 Samuel
HistoryNow the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Exodus
Law / MosesHow shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThe way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
Exodus
LawWherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
2 Samuel
HistorySo all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Proverbs
WisdomIf they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John
General EpistlesNow when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.