Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
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And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Exodus
LawAnd he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLet the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
2 Kings
HistoryWhich say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhile he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTherefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Proverbs
WisdomThe Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielNeither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
Genesis
Law / MosesO keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Psalms
Poetry(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
Joshua
History / JoshuaIf it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
Esther
HistoryNow as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAll the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.