And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
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Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Genesis
LawCome unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThey search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Joshua
HistoryAnd they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
Numbers
LawWhen therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
John
GospelsAnd the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWho hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Job
WisdomAnd Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Deuteronomy
LawGet thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 Kings
HistoryFor I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Psalms
PoetryMine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThere laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
John
Gospels / JohnThen she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
Mark
GospelsGo up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.