And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
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But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIn like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIn the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFor I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
Joshua
HistoryI have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThe trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
Psalms
PoetryAnd all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
Deuteronomy
LawSo Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
Joshua
HistorySo Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
Deuteronomy
LawFor the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
2 Samuel
HistoryHe that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Proverbs
WisdomTo appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOut of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Genesis
LawBabylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.