And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges
HistoryAnd Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsCrying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
Acts
History / LukeI know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonTell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
2 Kings
HistoryWith thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / 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
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
Luke
GospelsOf the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAsk ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThere is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSay ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Psalms
PoetryI returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawThe meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.