When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
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In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
Judges
HistoryAnd he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
1 Kings
HistoryIs Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahLeave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
Leviticus
LawHe appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Psalms
PoetryAnd after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Genesis
LawThe young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
Job
WisdomDo therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
1 Kings
HistoryWoe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWho shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
Leviticus
LawAnd he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
Judges
HistoryAnd Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,