And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesLet there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Psalms
PoetryFor the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
Joshua
History / JoshuaHearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Exodus
Law / MosesTheir bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahNow Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryYet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThe children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
Exodus
LawAfterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
Acts
HistoryAnd the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.