Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
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Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
1 Chronicles
HistoryUnto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
Genesis
LawAnd he said, A certain man had two sons:
Luke
GospelsThe first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMoreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
Nehemiah
HistoryBut Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThen the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Job
WisdomI have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
Esther
HistoryAnd thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhen he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Proverbs
WisdomHe delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
Psalms
PoetryThat ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesBut by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThis then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
Numbers
LawWilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?