And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
1 Samuel
HistoryThey shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThey rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
Psalms
PoetryHe riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
John
Gospels / JohnFor David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
1 Chronicles
HistoryO thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
Luke
GospelsAnd I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTo the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
Nehemiah
HistoryFor the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSay now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
Luke
GospelsBut thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.