David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
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O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
1 Samuel
HistoryI taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Ezra
HistoryAnd Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
Exodus
LawNow the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Genesis
LawFrom thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
LawAlso cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
1 Chronicles
HistoryTell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Deuteronomy
LawThis shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahBut the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exodus
Law / MosesIt is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBlessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.