And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
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For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
Exodus
LawGreat men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job
Wisdom / JobGive to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Judges
HistoryFor thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBecause thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts
HistoryIf I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAbout forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Joshua
HistoryHe took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBut ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIn the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when Moses heard that, he was content.
Leviticus
LawAnd for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.