And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
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And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosFor to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms
PoetryThis is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Job
Wisdom / JobSave thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan.
Judges
History / SamuelThey go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
Psalms
PoetryBut it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesWhen thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis
LawA little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
Ezra
HistoryPut not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
1 Kings
HistoryWe then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.