And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
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And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Exodus
LawThen may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhen the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
1 Samuel
HistoryI hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsDespise not prophesyings.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesWherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Hebrews
General EpistlesI the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
Luke
GospelsWhy art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
1 Samuel
HistoryShall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBut the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Esther
History / MordecaiBut that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesI beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesForget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
1 Kings
HistorySo we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
2 Kings
HistoryFor a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.