And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
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And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanA grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus
LawOintment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Proverbs
WisdomWho knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomLament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel
Minor ProphetsNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Ezra
HistoryAnd said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
Judges
HistoryAnd when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
Luke
GospelsLet no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
Acts
History / LukeThen I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Matthew
GospelsAnd Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis
LawAnd 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
History / JeremiahBut what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
Luke
GospelsAnd he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYe have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Matthew
GospelsThat in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
Esther
History / MordecaiFather, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.