And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
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The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Judges
History / SamuelFor he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
John
GospelsBut have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBehold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnShall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Nehemiah
HistoryHow he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
1 Kings
HistoryHe that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms
PoetryAnd after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
Genesis
LawAnd ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTake heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Acts
History / LukeBut flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Genesis
LawFor every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesHarden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Psalms
PoetryAnd Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsHe hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.