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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And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs
WisdomHe raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Psalms
PoetryAnd in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
Mark
GospelsNow at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsA seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
Psalms
PoetryWhich things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAll the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsYet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBehold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Genesis
LawThou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they did so, and made them all sit down.
Luke
GospelsThese shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
Numbers
LawFor he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
Acts
HistoryIf thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: