Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
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And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhen Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
1 Samuel
HistoryPull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersKnow therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBehold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
Acts
HistoryAnd he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exodus
LawAnd her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
Ruth
History / SamuelWhosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Proverbs
WisdomWhich indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Matthew
GospelsAs he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Psalms
PoetryNow as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSpeak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
Job
WisdomAlso the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luke
GospelsAnd when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Luke
GospelsThen said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnLift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.