Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
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And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.
Judges
HistoryAnd I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahSo Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
Acts
History / LukeAnd Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
Genesis
Law / MosesMy kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
Genesis
Law / MosesThen said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhich is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesFor the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs
WisdomLet their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
Psalms
PoetryFor if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
Exodus
LawFor at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job
WisdomAnd the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.