So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
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An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhich the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
Job
WisdomFor he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
Leviticus
LawAnd he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Daniel
Major ProphetsNow therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAll things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomMy heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
1 Kings
HistoryBut Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
Mark
GospelsSpeak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms
PoetryThen there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!