And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
Ezra
History / EzraFor the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBehold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAwake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Job
Wisdom / JobYet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesThere laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
John
Gospels / JohnThe beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
Psalms
PoetryThen the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Matthew
GospelsAnd John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
Mark
GospelsIf I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
Joshua
HistoryGive wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.