I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
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And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
Deuteronomy
LawMoreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,
Exodus
LawFor there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Psalms
PoetryFor a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
LawSimeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
Acts
History / LukeAnd these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
Judges
History / SamuelThe high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
John
GospelsAnd of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Esther
HistoryFor they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
1 Samuel
HistoryThere they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Job
Wisdom / JobMoreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAlso in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
Mark
GospelsAnd the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
Genesis
LawWith kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;