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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They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukOpening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
Acts
History / LukeWho did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
Joshua
HistoryJoel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
Leviticus
Law / MosesShall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Genesis
LawThen one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Exodus
LawAnd all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
Numbers
LawBoth the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBlow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelOf the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
2 Chronicles
HistorySo they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Genesis
LawAnd we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.