And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
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Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Psalms
PoetryBut Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBecause ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBehold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
1 Kings
HistoryWhich when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
Acts
HistoryHe withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
Job
WisdomSeest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBecause that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
3 John
General Epistles / JohnThe former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Acts
HistoryThen Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAlso when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThere is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
1 Chronicles
HistoryYe shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThat the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
Job
WisdomAnd thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,