And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
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The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
Esther
HistoryAnd the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
Joshua
HistoryThus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesBehold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesRejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBe ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job
WisdomIf that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Numbers
LawSo teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsCome, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
Exodus
LawThou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
1 Samuel
HistoryThy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
Psalms
PoetryMy son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs
WisdomThus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.