The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
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And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Genesis
Law / MosesI said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.
Judges
History / SamuelIf I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Job
WisdomI sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDefend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHave the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Job
Wisdom / JobWhether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Matthew
GospelsTo whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSo they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTake ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Mark
GospelsMine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOn the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: