And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
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So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
2 Kings
HistoryNoah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
Judges
History / SamuelFor he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
Mark
GospelsWho is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Job
Wisdom / JobWhat then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesBut if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Genesis
LawAnd David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
Exodus
LawAnd Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIn flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesIshmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.