But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Psalms
PoetryThen Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
Judges
History / SamuelAll the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
Nehemiah
HistoryThe lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Genesis
Law / MosesO LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMy praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Psalms
PoetryThey turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Job
Wisdom / JobDrought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaHow say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThere was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings
HistorySaying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBehold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis
LawThen said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
Joshua
History / JoshuaSpikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
Numbers
LawIf a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
Deuteronomy
LawFor there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.