And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
Acts
History / LukeAfter him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesGive ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Deuteronomy
LawFor the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHonour widows that are widows indeed.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThen cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
John
GospelsNotwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
2 Kings
HistoryFor we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
Judges
History / SamuelThen answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesFrom thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,
Numbers
LawAnd of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
John
Gospels / JohnBut my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulCounsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThat good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulBy swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.