And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
2 Samuel
HistoryBehold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHis legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Daniel
Major ProphetsFurthermore Elihu answered and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
Mark
GospelsThen said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSeek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThough it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
Job
WisdomThen arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / Jeremiah(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBecause for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
Acts
History / LukeAnd Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
Jonah
Minor ProphetsFor he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
Micah
Minor ProphetsSo there was a division among the people because of him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
LawAnd Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.