For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
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Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
Luke
Gospels / LukeHearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
2 Chronicles
HistorySo he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
Amos
Minor ProphetsMoreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryFaithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBe afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
Numbers
LawMarriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThe merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsShe sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
Judges
HistoryAnd Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
Genesis
LawAnd he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Genesis
LawI wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
3 John
General EpistlesWhen that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
Genesis
Law / MosesBlow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.