And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
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In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThese waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraCome, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
Judges
HistoryYet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Esther
History / MordecaiBut he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Genesis
LawAnd the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
1 Kings
HistoryThen said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
John
Gospels / JohnCommit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.
Exodus
LawAnd the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonDo thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesTalk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.