And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
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They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIn a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
1 Samuel
HistoryThen said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
John
GospelsAnd Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesHowbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAn evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
Leviticus
LawManasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.
2 Kings
HistoryLet as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThree bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
Exodus
LawWhile I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
Leviticus
LawAnd I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsThese are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Genesis
Law / MosesThey cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Job
Wisdom / JobThey shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: