These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
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For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIn his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.
2 Chronicles
HistoryHim that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
Judges
History / SamuelWho are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
1 Samuel
HistoryHow long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
Numbers
LawBoth the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBecause he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
Exodus
LawBe ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTake Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
Judges
HistoryOf Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Nehemiah
HistorySo were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;