So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
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But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
Deuteronomy
LawBut the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
Esther
HistoryAnd they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
Numbers
LawArise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBe not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Proverbs
WisdomBlessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
Genesis
LawAnd Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
LawEvery way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
Joshua
HistoryBut these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
Joshua
HistoryGo and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThey that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonDesire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Job
WisdomFor every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus
LawWhen the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: