And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Genesis
Law / MosesTill a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Proverbs
WisdomWherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Joshua
HistoryNow the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHis hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
Mark
GospelsAnd he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
Exodus
LawSo that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesHe that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd charged them that they should not make him known:
Matthew
GospelsThus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielYea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterNow therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Exodus
LawDid not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
Joshua
HistoryAnd there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
Numbers
LawThen shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew
GospelsThese are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
Deuteronomy
LawBut thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.