And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
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Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
Genesis
LawSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesYe adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
James
General EpistlesAnd one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
LawMake a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsArt thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
Numbers
Law / MosesHe that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
Leviticus
LawAnd Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsTherefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job
Wisdom / JobLet me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Job
Wisdom / JobHe striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Job
WisdomNow therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
Acts
HistoryAnd they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.