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Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
Judges
History / SamuelLet their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Psalms
PoetryIsrael was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMy heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
Psalms
PoetryIf he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job
WisdomThey return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalms
PoetryI am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Psalms
PoetryHe, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Proverbs
WisdomHear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
Numbers
Law / MosesShew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
Genesis
LawBut David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWhich bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
Exodus
LawBut they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAll the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.