He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
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So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Numbers
LawAnd further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBut Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
Esther
HistoryBut I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Genesis
LawWe have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
Psalms
PoetryOn that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
Esther
HistorySend thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Psalms
PoetryAnd his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahLet God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelThere is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
Judges
HistoryHe that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Proverbs
WisdomO LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Psalms
PoetryTherefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Esther
HistoryNow therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.