And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
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For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Ezra
HistoryAll this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
Leviticus
LawFor we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Acts
HistoryPersia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonHath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
Exodus
Law / MosesThe nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus
LawI will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Jude
General Epistles / JudeHonour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAll ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahO my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
Psalms
PoetryLet them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.