And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
Matthew
GospelsAnd there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownFor, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
Luke
GospelsThey conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
Luke
GospelsThen the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
1 Kings
HistoryAnd David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
1 Chronicles
HistorySo shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
Genesis
Law / MosesWherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Genesis
Law / MosesBless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
Psalms
PoetryAnd he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Genesis
LawYe shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
Leviticus
Law / MosesBlessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Luke
GospelsAnd thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
Deuteronomy
LawO LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.