And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
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And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Mark
GospelsAnd they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
2 Samuel
HistoryAll the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
Exodus
Law / MosesHe, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
Acts
History / LukeAnd now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
Ruth
HistoryThe voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
Genesis
Law / MosesNext unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsNow there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonOur soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
Job
WisdomSo Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLet them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Psalms
PoetryThat sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNeither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.