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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For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Acts
History / LukeBut at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy
LawBut to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
Exodus
LawBehold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
Mark
GospelsIf I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Job
WisdomBut thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Ruth
History / SamuelBut the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
Luke
GospelsAnd with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Acts
HistoryBut if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
Genesis
LawSo the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.