And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
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She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Proverbs
WisdomThat they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
John
GospelsAnd Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
Leviticus
LawAlso in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
Deuteronomy
LawThe blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job
WisdomAnd they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
Judges
HistoryMoreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
1 Samuel
HistoryThose by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Luke
GospelsTherefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhile it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Hebrews
General EpistlesTherefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
Exodus
Law / MosesHer princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
Acts
HistoryIn that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhile he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
Matthew
GospelsWherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Exodus
LawThe Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
Matthew
GospelsAnd it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
Job
WisdomAnd Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
LawIf any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.