And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
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And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
1 Samuel
HistoryYour new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
Mark
GospelsAnd they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
Genesis
Law / MosesFor God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBehold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsGavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Job
WisdomAnd take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.
Nehemiah
HistoryA righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
Ruth
HistoryWhen they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Numbers
Law / MosesNow therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.