And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Matthew
GospelsNamely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath.
Judges
HistoryHowbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
Daniel
Major ProphetsThus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahArise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsThen the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
1 Samuel
HistoryGod forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAs I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
Mark
GospelsHallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
Nehemiah
HistoryI would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAfter these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
Luke
GospelsWith kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
Job
Wisdom / JobMy heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Psalms
PoetryThe words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonTherefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Psalms
PoetryIt is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
Deuteronomy
LawBless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: