And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
Mark
GospelsBut Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
Acts
History / LukeMake me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Psalms
PoetryI John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
Judges
HistoryCause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
Joshua
HistoryThen saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
John
Gospels / JohnBlessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
Psalms
PoetryNeither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahOf the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers
LawThis is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
Joshua
HistoryWhereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
James
General EpistlesIn whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWho hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Job
WisdomWhen Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;