Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
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And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
Genesis
LawYet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Exodus
LawFor thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Revelation
ApocalypticTherefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIn vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsEven as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
Numbers
LawBehold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNot a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
Luke
GospelsIn Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
1 Kings
HistoryThou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
John
GospelsSome trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms
PoetryHis seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryLet your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew
GospelsThe man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
John
GospelsMark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.