And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
Genesis
LawAnd Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
Genesis
LawAnd they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
John
Gospels / JohnBut thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahMy soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Psalms
PoetryMoab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIt is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
Job
Wisdom / JobDepart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms
PoetryWherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
2 Kings
HistoryAnd 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
Law / MosesThen Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts
HistoryAnd five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
1 Kings
HistoryThen Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.