He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
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And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
Psalms
PoetryTake fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
Daniel
Major ProphetsHe that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Proverbs
WisdomThen took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Esther
HistoryTheir knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
1 Kings
HistoryDeath and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs
WisdomA good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs
WisdomEven so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis
LawAnd Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWho shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
Job
Wisdom / JobSo the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
Acts
HistoryThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsFor with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.