And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
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When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
Psalms
PoetryFor God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Job
WisdomAll these are the beginning of sorrows.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
2 Kings
HistorySo the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Psalms
PoetryThat thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
Psalms
PoetryBut the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
Ezra
HistoryInto thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd every raven after his kind,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsHave we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
Matthew
GospelsTo whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
Ezra
HistoryAnd the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
Genesis
LawSing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: