And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
Luke
GospelsAnd Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
1 Kings
HistoryThen cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
John
GospelsAs I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
Job
Wisdom / JobWhoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor 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
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanA little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
2 Kings
HistoryShall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWho said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
Psalms
PoetryYe fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
Luke
GospelsAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
Leviticus
LawI will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAccording to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThere is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
John
Gospels / JohnSo is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
Proverbs
WisdomWhose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
Daniel
Major ProphetsSo Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.