And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
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And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWe have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
Acts
History / LukeOthers said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawWherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Job
Wisdom / JobEven to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
2 Chronicles
HistoryI am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Solomon's Song
PoetryFor the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
Genesis
LawAnd in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
Genesis
LawFor he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
Genesis
Law / MosesTurn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
John
GospelsOf old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.