That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
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Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
1 Kings
HistoryFor it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
Numbers
LawAnd the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
Exodus
Law / MosesNeither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
Genesis
LawAnd when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
Numbers
Law / MosesTo wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Exodus
Law / MosesSaying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
Leviticus
LawAnd the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Genesis
LawThe children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWho are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
John
Gospels / JohnI would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Job
WisdomSing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:
Psalms
PoetryThe sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsGo up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Judges
HistoryThe just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.