And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
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Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
Matthew
GospelsFor yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Psalms
PoetryWives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Genesis
Law / MosesAll these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Ezra
HistoryAnd the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
Numbers
Law / MosesYe that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,
Psalms
PoetryBut when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahNotwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
Leviticus
LawAnd the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:
Joshua
History / JoshuaYet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIt is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
Acts
History / LukeO let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Psalms
Poetry(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
1 John
General EpistlesGo and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
Judges
HistoryAnd Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
Joshua
History / JoshuaTherefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWho is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?