And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
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Nehemiah
History / NehemiahOf Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Numbers
LawReprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonElam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAs yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
Judges
HistoryBut they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
1 Peter
General EpistlesThen the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahA gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWho fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
Deuteronomy
LawKeep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahShall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAfter that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThey that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
Psalms
PoetryLest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: