And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
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And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
John
GospelsThou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Psalms
PoetryIn mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
2 Samuel
HistoryBut the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesOf Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
1 Kings
HistoryBeing then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Psalms
PoetryBut if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
1 Chronicles
HistoryHis bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.