And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
2 Kings
HistoryOpen to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Psalms
PoetryWhen Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
John
Gospels / JohnFor the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThey shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIf the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Exodus
Law / MosesIn the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBlessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
Luke
GospelsAnd it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
2 Kings
HistoryHadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
James
General EpistlesAnd I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewJesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.