And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
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Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
2 Kings
HistoryA stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs
WisdomYea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThis is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
Daniel
Major ProphetsThe second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
Revelation
ApocalypticThe stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWoe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHer cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Psalms
PoetryThere were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
Psalms
PoetryNevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
Genesis
LawAnd when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
Genesis
LawBut thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.