And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
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Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
2 Samuel
HistorySo the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHe shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Genesis
Law / MosesMy soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Psalms
PoetryThey draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
1 Samuel
HistoryHappy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
Amos
Minor ProphetsRemember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
John
GospelsIn the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
Leviticus
Law / MosesThou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
Mark
Gospels / MarkSo the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
Exodus
LawWe have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.