And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
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So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
Deuteronomy
LawThe plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Psalms
PoetryAnd let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
Genesis
Law / MosesBecause thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewGo, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Esther
HistoryAnd the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryLet them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Job
WisdomAnd besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
Mark
GospelsIf there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownI will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryTake ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesFor, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraMoreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.