And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
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And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
Numbers
Law / MosesOut of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.
Job
Wisdom / JobI have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAt that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNow when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
Exodus
Law / MosesJoseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
Genesis
LawAnd now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John
Gospels / JohnThen I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahLest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job
WisdomAnd four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Daniel
Major ProphetsTherefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsDid I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?
Job
Wisdom / JobAs the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs
WisdomFor all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd he put them all together into ward three days.
Genesis
Law / MosesGive unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
Judges
HistoryThen David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.