For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
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And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
Job
Wisdom / JobIs not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalms
PoetryYe know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThere is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
Job
Wisdom / JobNow when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis
LawAnd it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
Exodus
Law / MosesHaman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
Esther
History / MordecaiO LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Psalms
PoetrySo the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
Joshua
History / JoshuaIn the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHis soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office,
Exodus
LawFools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.