And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
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Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
Leviticus
Law / MosesDavid said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
1 Samuel
HistoryO spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesFor in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSon of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawThus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
Joshua
HistoryThe sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAlso the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraEphraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Acts
HistoryIf the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
Exodus
LawOut of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesA man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
Acts
History / LukeIf I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.