And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
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For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Genesis
LawAnd the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnDefile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesIs my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?
Job
WisdomYet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Psalms
PoetryFor I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahEthiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
Judges
History / SamuelThe LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAll her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSpeaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesSo Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
Esther
History / MordecaiThen went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesCommand therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewPraise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAll this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonNeither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.