And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor Adam was first formed, then Eve.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesSon of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor with God nothing shall be impossible.
Luke
GospelsAnd David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
2 Chronicles
HistoryIf indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
Job
WisdomAnd he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAgainst whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.
Judges
HistoryThe soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
Nehemiah
HistorySeek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Joshua
HistoryWho hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
Exodus
LawAnd he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNeither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.