And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
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And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
Genesis
Law / MosesOnly that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
Judges
HistoryUnto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Job
Wisdom / JobMany times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
2 Kings
HistoryFor they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
Mark
GospelsAfter he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBehold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThat she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
Genesis
LawIf one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSo they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBy what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Job
Wisdom / JobThere is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonDoth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
Job
WisdomWhen they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraMake thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
Numbers
LawHaving yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
Mark
GospelsAnd the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,