And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Genesis
LawIf ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTrust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielForasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1 Peter
General EpistlesFor strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Ezra
HistoryHave they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
Judges
History / SamuelHate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosIt shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
Leviticus
LawGebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
Judges
HistoryBe not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
Matthew
GospelsHe shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
Leviticus
LawThen Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.