He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
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And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThen came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
Job
WisdomThou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy
LawHadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewO ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
Acts
History / LukeRemember Lot's wife.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
Ezra
History / EzraTell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Solomon's Song
PoetryNow the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
HistoryThere is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
2 Samuel
HistoryNow when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Deuteronomy
LawCease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.