And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
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O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
Leviticus
Law / MosesGet thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIn the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 Kings
HistoryHearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
Psalms
PoetrySo when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
2 Samuel
HistoryIn that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThere is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesNow Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
2 Samuel
HistoryBut think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
Genesis
Law / MosesIt shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Judges
History / SamuelSon of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsO my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIn those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Judges
History / SamuelKnow ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.