So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
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The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonShake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
1 Kings
HistoryTreasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs
WisdomThus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Genesis
LawTo go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsShammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
Acts
History / LukeTherefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWoe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
HistoryLet me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesShall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
Acts
History / LukeA man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
Ezra
History / EzraCut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
Luke
GospelsNevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;