And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Luke
GospelsAnd of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
Judges
HistoryAnd now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
Ruth
HistoryOf the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,
Judges
HistoryBe not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomEkron, with her towns and her villages:
Joshua
HistoryAnd when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesCursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Hebrews
General EpistlesWhen he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Mark
GospelsIn that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIn that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahNeither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Psalms
PoetrySo the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.