And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
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And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
Judges
HistoryYet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsFor of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahDavid therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers
LawSo I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomSend thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersCome near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
History(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
Acts
History / LukeLet the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesMy righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawFor here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.