But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
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But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Matthew
GospelsBut her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Proverbs
WisdomShould not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Job
WisdomIn the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
Acts
History / LukeAnd they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWith my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark.
Acts
HistoryBut the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Acts
HistoryHe said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
John
Gospels / JohnWisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
1 Kings
HistoryYet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
Luke
GospelsLet both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew
GospelsAnd I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus
LawAnd she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.