And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
Leviticus
LawFor mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
Esther
History / MordecaiThen he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
Judges
HistoryThat it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Matthew
GospelsAnd from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahRemember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
Exodus
LawAnd ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
Numbers
LawFrom the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryThen said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
Acts
History / LukeFor he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
Nehemiah
HistoryWherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis
Law / MosesWho is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Solomon's Song
PoetryThen the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielBlessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryPraising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Acts
HistoryAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Numbers
Law / MosesCursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.