So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
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For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
Exodus
LawThen said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelMy servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
Numbers
LawBut none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Job
Wisdom / JobFor it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterLet the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
James
General Epistles / JamesI have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Job
WisdomWherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
James
General Epistles / JamesWealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAfter that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
John
GospelsWhoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBetter it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
Genesis
LawAnd thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
Deuteronomy
LawIf his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIf he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.