And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
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And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraNeither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Luke
GospelsWhich in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesTheir meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Numbers
Law / MosesThese are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Exodus
LawAnd a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Luke
GospelsFor we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Peter
General EpistlesBut the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
2 Kings
HistoryTake with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaHenoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraA father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Psalms
PoetryAs if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosWhen ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomSeven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;
1 Samuel
HistoryWherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job
Wisdom / JobBlow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaHe layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)