But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
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And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
Judges
HistoryAnd he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
Luke
Gospels / LukeOr when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBehold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhen thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHow oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Job
WisdomTherefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahI clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBy thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanCan any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNeither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAt that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
Matthew
GospelsAnd it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownFor as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
John
GospelsNow Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
Leviticus
LawAnd commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
Luke
GospelsAnd her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.