If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
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According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
Job
WisdomThou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
Genesis
LawFor thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
Ruth
HistoryPraise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Psalms
PoetryAnd all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Genesis
LawAnd Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Nehemiah
HistoryWhen the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Acts
HistoryAnd straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
Mark
GospelsOh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Job
WisdomIn the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
John
GospelsAnd he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
Deuteronomy
LawThen cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
Acts
HistoryThy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.