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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Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John
Gospels / JohnThen Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Genesis
LawAnd the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Acts
HistoryAnd Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Genesis
LawAs for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Psalms
PoetryNow the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonGod forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
Exodus
LawThey shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
John
GospelsSo the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,
Joshua
History / JoshuaSave now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
Leviticus
LawAnd Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.
Judges
History / SamuelHe that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Psalms
PoetryThorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThey also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.