And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
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Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
Deuteronomy
LawBehold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAs righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIn those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Mark
GospelsYea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
Psalms
PoetryThen measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
Exodus
LawThe king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThese are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBecause they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
Job
WisdomAnd the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahMoreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewEven the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
Leviticus
LawWithhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?