And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
Genesis
Law / MosesHow much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Job
WisdomAnd the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
Acts
HistoryThen went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Micah
Minor ProphetsThen came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
Mark
GospelsThen will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraRepent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts
History / LukeAnd the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
2 Kings
HistoryFor when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
Deuteronomy
LawWhen he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Luke
GospelsAnd his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
Mark
GospelsAnd he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.