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Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHowbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Acts
History / LukeFor thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
1 Chronicles
HistoryIf any man have an ear, let him hear.
Revelation
Apocalyptic(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
Luke
GospelsThe son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth
HistoryWickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMaachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
Matthew
GospelsBless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Psalms
PoetryThey shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
Psalms
PoetryAnd to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIt hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDid not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.