And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
Job
Wisdom / JobThou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahOf the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
Numbers
LawAnd Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
Joshua
HistoryAnd the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Genesis
LawThen the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
Acts
HistoryAlso can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
Job
WisdomSyria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHaving eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Genesis
Law / MosesThough I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Job
Wisdom / JobTruly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Psalms
PoetryCanst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Job
WisdomAnd when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Exodus
LawThen Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
Genesis
LawThen ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Revelation
ApocalypticThey provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:
Exodus
Law / MosesThat which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesYe have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewGather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;