And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
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And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
Exodus
Law / MosesIt is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsShall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukHonour widows that are widows indeed.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / Ezra(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesHow think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
John
Gospels / JohnAlso they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBecause the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
Mark
GospelsThen all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMy lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
Genesis
LawAnd all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
Genesis
Law / MosesHonour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Matthew
GospelsNow when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: