And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
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For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomSaying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:
Acts
History / LukeNow the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus
Law / MosesLORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Job
Wisdom / JobThem take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
Acts
HistoryAnd, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Mark
GospelsAnd he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis
LawTrust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahI will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
Genesis
LawHowbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Acts
History / LukeAnd Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDoth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNamely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;