And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
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And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
2 Kings
HistoryMany of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
John
Gospels / JohnThese are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
Genesis
LawTake that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIn vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIn Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Matthew
GospelsAnd thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
Exodus
Law / MosesI bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLet us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsUntil the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonUnto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Job
WisdomThey grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Job
Wisdom / JobSpeak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
Numbers
Law / MosesThou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThey wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Psalms
PoetryWhose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Proverbs
WisdomFor I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
Numbers
LawYe observe days, and months, and times, and years.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesBut if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulGird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.