And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
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Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 Samuel
HistoryLord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDo they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
Proverbs
WisdomFor we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
Numbers
Law / MosesIf thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
Proverbs
WisdomThe LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesHe that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John
GospelsAnd the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielKeep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
Deuteronomy
LawAccording to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
Judges
HistoryBut he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
Matthew
GospelsSo David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
Numbers
LawThen said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Acts
History / LukeAnd three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
1 Kings
HistoryWherefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesSpeak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,