And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
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Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
1 Samuel
HistoryHe cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistorySpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
Numbers
Law / MosesTo him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterYe that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms
PoetryFor there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnBut he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Job
WisdomAnd he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
Leviticus
LawAnd it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnI made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
Joshua
History / JoshuaTherefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
John
Gospels / JohnThen the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
Acts
HistoryAlso Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSo the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.