And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
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And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
Mark
GospelsAnd the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is our's, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahReturn, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
Ezra
History / EzraIf any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulLet his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Psalms
PoetryThen cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
Acts
History / LukeSo Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
Esther
HistoryThou 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
HistoryIn the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs
WisdomNow when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Matthew
GospelsTell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThat it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Luke
GospelsAnd he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
2 Samuel
HistoryMy beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
Solomon's Song
PoetryBut ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Luke
GospelsAnd the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
Numbers
LawAnd when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?