Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
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The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Matthew
GospelsAnd Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Exodus
Law / MosesLikewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job
Wisdom / JobThou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Job
Wisdom / JobShall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhere their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThey return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua
History / JoshuaMy soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersJerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
Hosea
Minor ProphetsYet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielYe therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWoe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Luke
Gospels / LukeO Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.