And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
Mark
Gospels / MarkNeither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd 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 / SolomonAnd his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraOf the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers
LawAnd for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBeware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhen thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
Esther
HistoryFor when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Joshua
HistoryAlso thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobHe riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
John
Gospels / JohnHe sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Job
WisdomFor it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
Deuteronomy
LawFor the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBlessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.