And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
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But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAlso in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHer young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
Job
WisdomFor thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis
LawHe was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsWe have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
2 Kings
HistoryThat which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomSo the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsHast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Job
Wisdom / JobFor whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
James
General EpistlesSixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Job
WisdomGet wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWatch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
Ezra
HistoryI made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.