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 Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Genesis
LawFor Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAll the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThe locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThat which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
Leviticus
LawThen the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Numbers
Law / MosesYet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterIt seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Job
Wisdom / JobSaying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
1 Kings
History(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Deuteronomy
LawAnd thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
Exodus
Law / MosesNow it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
Exodus
LawDo we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulGod forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: