And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
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The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Luke
GospelsAnd Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
Genesis
LawThe children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.
Judges
HistoryAnd he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBe not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThese be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
Esther
HistoryFor I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
Joel
Minor ProphetsFor the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsJesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
John
GospelsThen was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
2 Samuel
HistoryWhere wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job
WisdomWoe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!