And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
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Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Esther
HistoryWherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIs it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Luke
GospelsThen said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawAnd I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke
GospelsJesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
Numbers
Law / MosesDo ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
Job
Wisdom / JobBut I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
Numbers
LawSing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
Psalms
PoetryAnd in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSon of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielGiving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
Numbers
LawWhich I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,