These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
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He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psalms
PoetryWhile he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job
WisdomTherefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job
WisdomWhen he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
Luke
GospelsAnd I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Genesis
LawMoreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHis lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsGo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the way of peace have they not known:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
Genesis
LawAnd Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
1 Samuel
HistoryWhen Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
John
GospelsSo the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
Joshua
HistoryBut the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: