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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For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Genesis
LawSurely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job
WisdomHe swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
Job
WisdomAnd when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
Leviticus
LawHe believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
1 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Psalms
PoetryThey are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Job
WisdomSo they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahExalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThese were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMeshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
Nehemiah
HistorySalute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesBut Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
Acts
HistoryA time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
Joshua
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.