And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
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And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
Genesis
LawLet his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYe shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
Esther
HistoryAnd the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIs it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
Haggai
Minor ProphetsBut ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNext unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Nehemiah
HistoryMartha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
John
Gospels / JohnI spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
Numbers
LawAnd her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBetter is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
1 Peter
General EpistlesIf thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
Job
WisdomThen he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.