And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
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Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAdonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites.
Judges
HistoryAnd they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
Exodus
LawLet my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhy died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Job
Wisdom / JobSimon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
John
GospelsWherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Esther
History / MordecaiWoe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Matthew
GospelsJames, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
James
General Epistles / JamesTurn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.