And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
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And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Exodus
Law / MosesA window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Genesis
LawThe son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWoe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBecause thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke
GospelsAnd it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielDoth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job
Wisdom / JobWhereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielLet the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelYe are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
John
Gospels / JohnLet there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
Exodus
LawBlessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonDuke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?