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.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
Joshua
HistoryMy beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
Solomon's Song
PoetryTherefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
Micah
Minor ProphetsBy the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
Exodus
LawWhen thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
Ezra
HistoryAnd there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Revelation
ApocalypticWhen I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
1 Samuel
HistoryThey that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Proverbs
WisdomWhich was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,