And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOr ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWhere is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesForasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
1 Kings
HistoryAll nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
Psalms
PoetryHe delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Job
WisdomTo whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBehold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
Job
WisdomAnd thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
Exodus
LawAnd the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
Mark
GospelsAnd another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThe Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
Judges
HistoryAnd every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBehold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThey compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
Joshua
HistoryAnd the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Judges
History / SamuelTherefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.