And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTherefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThese things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIt is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs
WisdomOne of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
John
GospelsLet it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Psalms
PoetryIt is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Psalms
PoetryThen said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
Judges
History / SamuelHis mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Genesis
LawThey shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTake thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAfter they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
Acts
HistoryMany bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.