Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
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Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
Joshua
HistoryThen Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Judges
History / SamuelA wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBoth the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
1 Kings
HistoryYet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Exodus
Law / MosesThese are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
Deuteronomy
LawNow the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTruly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Psalms
PoetryTurn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Psalms
PoetryNow the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesHe sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
Joshua
HistoryAnd when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.