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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And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIn that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLet them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Psalms
PoetryBut if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
Leviticus
LawAnd the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
Acts
History / LukeAnd I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBe strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
Joshua
HistoryAnd the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Genesis
LawOh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhen I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
Deuteronomy
LawHave mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTheir camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
Ezra
History / EzraBut I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.