And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
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If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
Leviticus
LawHe that hateth me hateth my Father also.
John
GospelsMoreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
2 Chronicles
HistoryKedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBy which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesNow when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
Ezra
History / EzraTeach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
Acts
HistoryThen fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
Exodus
LawThou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Job
WisdomAnd he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
Acts
History / LukeFor I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Numbers
LawThat we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;