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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On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnSo then death worketh in us, but life in you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
Judges
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
Numbers
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 EpistlesTherefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
Judges
History / SamuelThen would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
Job
WisdomAh sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis
LawLikewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterFor the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBut sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Acts
History / LukeEzer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.