And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
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And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumOut of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out.
Job
WisdomIt is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,
Joshua
History / JoshuaNeither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesO LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHis breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Psalms
PoetryNow it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahA fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Proverbs
WisdomOf the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHonour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
Mark
GospelsAnd he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNow therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAfter that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
Joshua
HistoryWith Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.