And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms
PoetryFor the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Job
WisdomMy lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThey also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
1 Kings
HistoryNow the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
Judges
HistoryAnd when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
Matthew
GospelsAnd the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kings
HistoryThe LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnYe shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFrom Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Proverbs
WisdomAlso he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Genesis
LawAnd yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
Deuteronomy
LawNow when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther
HistorySo Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.