And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Genesis
LawNow the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
Acts
History / LukeThe fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs
WisdomFeed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahA wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs
WisdomThen Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Genesis
LawAnd am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTurn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThis shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
Leviticus
LawAnd they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsHe must increase, but I must decrease.
John
GospelsIf ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTo reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesPass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
Micah
Minor ProphetsOwe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: