And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
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And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
Leviticus
LawAnd then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
1 Kings
HistoryHer children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Proverbs
WisdomBut they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
Mark
Gospels / MarkIf any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
Acts
History / LukeHe cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTo him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
Exodus
LawSo they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
John
GospelsFor thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesNow I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahEphraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThe children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMy God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAs the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.