Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
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Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
Genesis
LawBut the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
Exodus
LawBut Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Joshua
HistoryAnd they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhen the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
2 Peter
General EpistlesTherefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTheir wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBuild you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Numbers
Law / MosesTo him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryGod understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
Job
WisdomThou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.