And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
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Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewDelilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
Judges
HistoryThere shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesCursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Genesis
Law / MosesWhiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Acts
HistoryAgain, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNotwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together.
Acts
History / LukeAll the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThrough thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Psalms
PoetryBut the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Genesis
LawOr darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Job
WisdomLet the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelYe shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSo the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
Daniel
Major ProphetsIt shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.