In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
2 Chronicles
HistoryI will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Psalms
PoetryAnd flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahBut ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsCorrection is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther
History / MordecaiIn thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalms
PoetryEven in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs
WisdomThe same was in the beginning with God.
John
Gospels / JohnNow the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnShe hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Revelation
ApocalypticWherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahForty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNotwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis
Law / MosesThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
LawAnd they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
Deuteronomy
LawWhen goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?