And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
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And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
Exodus
LawNeither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
Acts
HistoryLo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Job
Wisdom / JobWhich long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Job
WisdomCircumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSix days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exodus
Law / MosesTake ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesCursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
Joshua
HistoryAnd he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
2 Samuel
HistoryGrace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesAnd he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawHe hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAs a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.