And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
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And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
Judges
History / SamuelSo that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
Luke
GospelsOwe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewKeep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jude
General Epistles / JudeAnd wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Numbers
LawAll in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
Judges
HistoryAnd he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
Joshua
HistoryAnd all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Mark
GospelsAnd he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNot according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsOur soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDesire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhere is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Job
Wisdom / JobAlso I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
Nehemiah
HistoryBlessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.