And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
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Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Esther
History / Mordecai(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
Matthew
GospelsEven to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
Genesis
LawAnd they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
Acts
History / LukeHe that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAgain, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
John
GospelsHis eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHe shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBeing grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.