Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
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Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Psalms
PoetryShall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job
WisdomAnd Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraMoreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHe shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanYet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms
PoetryBut I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
John
GospelsForasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosSo the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAll that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThere is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
Job
WisdomBut we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
Exodus
LawAnd the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
Acts
HistoryAnd I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,