And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
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Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMen do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Proverbs
WisdomHe spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
Psalms
PoetryBeside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
1 Kings
HistoryFear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThat they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulThou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
Ezra
HistoryFor thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanOf a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBecause that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
3 John
General EpistlesI will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIt is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
Numbers
LawAnd he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Genesis
Law / MosesOn that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
Esther
History / MordecaiYe are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
Exodus
Law / MosesNow it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.