Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
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Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
Job
WisdomAnd he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
Acts
History / LukeShe considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThat our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Abraham said, I will swear.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
Exodus
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMany days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
Joshua
HistoryAnd ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThey cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
Job
WisdomAssemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMy heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
Psalms
PoetryFor they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.